Alka Kaushik
Anesthesiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1275586679
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 101 payments — averaging $15.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$368
- Amgen$238
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$106
- Johnson & Johnson$105
- Lilly USA, LLC$94
- Merck$84
- plus $591 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,53897%
- Gifts$473%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 28 | $368 |
| Amgen | 16 | $238 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $105 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $94 |
| Merck | 6 | $84 |
| Bayer | 3 | $55 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $41 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $40 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $34 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 2 | $25 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $22 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,585 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,015 anesthesiology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other anesthesiology in Pittsburgh
- Kathirvel SubramaniamPittsburgh$530K
- William McIvorPittsburgh$226K
- Jonathan WatersPittsburgh$191K
- Daniela DamianPittsburgh$179K
- Christopher SmithPittsburgh$55K
- Alexandra NicholasPittsburgh$52K
- Patricia DalbyPittsburgh$52K
- Nicholas SchottPittsburgh$42K
- Sean McDermottPittsburgh$31K
- Ryan HoldenPittsburgh$30K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.