Vifor Pharma, Inc.: payments to clinicians
3,248 clinicians received $331,579 from Vifor Pharma, Inc. in 2025; Internal Medicine, Nephrology is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (56%) was food and beverage, then speaking and faculty fees (36%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Florida) received $18,319.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $331,579 | 7,444 | 3,248 |
| 2024 | $363,583 | 8,764 | 3,886 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis R. Garcia-Mayol, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Coral Gables, FL | $18,319 |
| 2 | Kevin Orlando Griffiths, MD | Internal Medicine | Washington, DC | $17,887 |
| 3 | Gates B. Colbert, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Dallas, TX | $9,711 |
| 4 | German T. Hernandez, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | El Paso, TX | $8,876 |
| 5 | Narayan Das Agrawal, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fresh Meadows, NY | $7,701 |
| 6 | Parin Mansukh Makadia, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Dallas, TX | $7,231 |
| 7 | Anjay Rastogi, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Los Angeles, CA | $6,959 |
| 8 | Nihar Desai, M.D, MPH | Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | New Haven, CT | $6,935 |
| 9 | Nelson P. Kopyt, DO | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Allentown, PA | $6,925 |
| 10 | Kunal Malhotra, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | St. Louis, MO | $6,922 |
| 11 | William Wen-Long Yang, MD | Ophthalmology | Springfield, IL | $5,504 |
| 12 | Arthur M. Kozin, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | West Nyack, NY | $5,244 |
| 13 | Harry James Dounis, DO | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Neptune, NJ | $4,663 |
| 14 | Deep Vinu Patel, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Mechanicsville, VA | $4,447 |
| 15 | Lawrence Byrd, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Livingston, NJ | $3,733 |
| 16 | Bradley Alan Warady, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Kansas City, MO | $3,375 |
| 17 | Samuel Adam Kantor, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Las Vegas, NV | $3,292 |
| 18 | Sumeet Munjal, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Montgomery, AL | $3,120 |
| 19 | Ross Nesbit, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Knoxville, TN | $3,071 |
| 20 | Carlos Bejar, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $2,905 |
| 21 | Kristine Marie Larson, CNP | Nurse Practitioner | Rapid City, SD | $2,613 |
| 22 | Salil Mangi, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | McAllen, TX | $2,220 |
| 23 | Jessica McAbee Coleman, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Beaufort, SC | $1,918 |
| 24 | Saravanan Balamuthusamy, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fort Worth, TX | $1,476 |
| 25 | Charlton B. Strange, MD | Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine | Charleston, SC | $1,460 |
| 26 | Harry F. Goss Jr., MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Austin, TX | $1,339 |
| 27 | Michael E. Etomi, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Charlotte, NC | $1,246 |
| 28 | Manish Gera, MBBS | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Terre Haute, IN | $1,246 |
| 29 | Ruoru Wong, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Corona, NY | $1,003 |
| 30 | Qian Chen, NP | Specialist/Technologist, Other, Nephrology | Fresh Meadows, NY | $890.60 |
| 31 | Kristin M. Larson, ANP | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Salt Lake City, UT | $825.00 |
| 32 | Liliana E. Rios Rojas, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | McAllen, TX | $773.65 |
| 33 | Judith C. Scaglione, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | South Miami, FL | $654.70 |
| 34 | Anam Siddiqui | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fresh Meadows, NY | $574.90 |
| 35 | Kellyn V. McMahon, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Birmingham, AL | $540.00 |
| 36 | Nyan Wai Phyo, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | McAllen, TX | $520.34 |
| 37 | Ricardo Alberto Baltodano, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | McAllen, TX | $506.86 |
| 38 | Marie Mercie Pierre, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Elmhurst, NY | $502.71 |
| 39 | Roberto Ramirez, APRN, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | McAllen, TX | $501.58 |
| 40 | Darlena Banas, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | South Miami, FL | $494.32 |
| 41 | Nicole Lyn Dominick, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner | Wilkes Barre, PA | $432.71 |
| 42 | Edward J. Filippone, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Phila, PA | $430.63 |
| 43 | Julia Whited, APRN-CNP, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | McAllen, TX | $430.14 |
| 44 | Jamie Lynn Konschnik, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner | Wilkes Barre, PA | $415.23 |
| 45 | Reuben Valentin, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Brownsville, TX | $409.17 |
| 46 | Martha Rostran, A.R.N.P. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Miami, FL | $398.15 |
| 47 | Kelly Gensel | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Wilkes Barre, PA | $390.97 |
| 48 | Imara R. Dissanayake, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Phila, PA | $382.92 |
| 49 | Deanna Lynn English, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner | Wilkes Barre, PA | $378.43 |
| 50 | Matthew R. Weir, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Baltimore, MD | $375.04 |
| 51 | Darleen Ng-Perez, PA | Physician Assistant | Kissimmee, FL | $358.22 |
| 52 | Zachary E. Smith, MD | Internal Medicine | Bangor, ME | $356.69 |
| 53 | Arlette Elizabeth Chow, APRN | Nurse Practitioner | South Miami, FL | $347.93 |
| 54 | Tammy Scott Parrett, ANP/GNP | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Greensboro, NC | $346.30 |
| 55 | Trang Quynh Nguyen-Le, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Henderson, NV | $339.61 |
| 56 | Stephen Paul Thomas II, NP | Nurse Practitioner | Temecula, CA | $336.15 |
| 57 | Surju Patel, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Camp Hill, PA | $334.40 |
| 58 | Eddie Manuel Rodriguez-Castro, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Bayamon, PR | $333.32 |
| 59 | Seema Karanjgaokar | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Florham Park, NJ | $318.91 |
| 60 | Jay Arvind Shah, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Camp Hill, PA | $317.74 |
| 61 | Megan C. Temples, NP | Nurse Practitioner | Paris, IL | $298.23 |
| 62 | Anand Achanti, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Charleston, SC | $297.94 |
| 63 | Jonathan R. Diamond, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Harrisburg, PA | $295.45 |
| 64 | Barbara A. Little, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner | Harrisburg, PA | $295.45 |
| 65 | Steven A. Burka, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Chevy Chase, MD | $284.21 |
| 66 | Astha Gupta, MBBS | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Philadelphia, PA | $279.78 |
| 67 | John Manllo Dieck, M.D. | Internal Medicine | McAllen, TX | $279.50 |
| 68 | Alicia Beatriz Romero, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Katy, TX | $278.52 |
| 69 | Nirav Rashmikant Mehta, DO | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Flushing, NY | $276.44 |
| 70 | Samir Sutaria, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Edison, NJ | $275.70 |
| 71 | Alfonso Manuel Ortiz Vargas, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Coral Gables, FL | $274.39 |
| 72 | April Yao Liwag, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner | Orange, CA | $273.90 |
| 73 | Robert D. Zenenberg, D.O. | Specialist | Florham Park, NJ | $272.57 |
| 74 | Kaushal R. Patel, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Camp Hill, PA | $259.56 |
| 75 | Francisco Pons, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Miami, FL | $257.62 |
| 76 | Baishali Nair, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Las Vegas, NV | $254.79 |
| 77 | Jeffrey Todd Cohen, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Manhasset, NY | $253.06 |
| 78 | Eldrid Abraham Baez Matos, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Dallas, TX | $251.60 |
| 79 | Ljubisa Micic, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Flushing, NY | $251.34 |
| 80 | Hillary Hien Thi Tran, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Arlington, TX | $249.98 |
| 81 | Ellie Kelepouris, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Philadelphia, PA | $248.79 |
| 82 | Prateek Sanghera, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Las Vegas, NV | $247.74 |
| 83 | Kevin Cuong Pham, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Anaheim, CA | $243.82 |
| 84 | Cesar F. Hernandez-Arroyo, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | San Juan, PR | $241.34 |
| 85 | Hassan Elsir Osman, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Las Vegas, NV | $237.04 |
| 86 | Kezia Jasmina Ribeiro Alberto, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Florham Park, NJ | $236.81 |
| 87 | Yamileth Wu-Gerrard, MSN | Nurse Practitioner | Newark, DE | $236.08 |
| 88 | Lorin M. Sanchez, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Lawrenceville, GA | $235.91 |
| 89 | Prasad Venkata Kannaeganti, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | North Richland Hills, TX | $235.64 |
| 90 | Katina D. Smith, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Saint Louis, MO | $234.56 |
| 91 | Sakil Amin Bhuiyan, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Brooklyn, NY | $233.92 |
| 92 | Steffi Sathiyaraj, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | McAllen, TX | $233.38 |
| 93 | Kirsten D. Larson, ANP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Wasilla, AK | $231.95 |
| 94 | Pavela Saha, MD | Internal Medicine | Trenton, NJ | $230.21 |
| 95 | Daisy Li | Family Medicine | Stockton, CA | $226.32 |
| 96 | Nervik Roy, DO | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Las Vegas, NV | $225.81 |
| 97 | Mohammad Zaheer Amin, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Farmington, MO | $224.93 |
| 98 | Tania Uwais, PA | Physician Assistant, Medical | Neptune, NJ | $223.80 |
| 99 | Jaymin Bakul Patel, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | West Chester, OH | $223.56 |
| 100 | Jennifer Hope Baggenstoss, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Huntsville, AL | $222.24 |
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