Alka Kaushik
Anesthesiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1275586679
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.0% of the total across 101 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among anesthesiology clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
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
- William McIvorPittsburgh$226K
- Jonathan WatersPittsburgh$191K
- Sean McDermottPittsburgh$31K
- Ryan HoldenPittsburgh$30K
- Kathirvel SubramaniamPittsburgh$9K
- Franklyn CladisPittsburgh$8K
- Willy GamaPittsburgh$8K
- Adam ChildersPittsburgh$6K
- Michael DesciakPittsburgh$5K
- Peter BoatengPittsburgh$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.