Akira Sawa
Psychiatry · Baltimore, MDNPI 1699130997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (57.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. accounts for 69.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $21,269 and has fallen 72.0% since, to $5,946 in 2025. Among psychiatry clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 224 payments — averaging $308.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.$48K
- Daiichi Sankyo Company LTD$20K
- Sysmex America, Inc.$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$36
Across 7 payments — averaging $717,171 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.$5M
- Fujifilm Corporation$40K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,97539%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6941%
- Travel & lodging$39,71357%
- Food & beverage$1,8173%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. | 215 | $48,151 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Company LTD | 2 | $20,010 |
| Sysmex America, Inc. | 6 | $1,002 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $36 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- LATUDA$920
- HISCL ?-amyloid Assay Kit$694
- MI-1000$247
How this compares
$69,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 851 psychiatry providers in Maryland.
Other psychiatry in Baltimore
- John VaethBaltimore$2.1M
- Scott AaronsonBaltimore$334K
- Robert LehmanBaltimore$140K
- Karen AndersonBaltimore$117K
- Orlando DavisBaltimore$104K
- Paul RosenbergBaltimore$66K
- Adam KaplinBaltimore$62K
- Marc FishmanBaltimore$59K
- David NeubauerBaltimore$59K
- Chiadikaobi OnyikeBaltimore$54K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.