Amber van Laar
Neurology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1023246840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $412,360 of the $412,673 with a category attached, or 99.9%. Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc. accounts for 87.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurology clinicians in PA 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 9 payments — averaging $45,853 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc.$363K
- Bayer$49K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$243
- Boston Scientific$37
- AbbVie$33
Across 34 payments — averaging $10,209 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.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$347K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3130%
- Other$412,360100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $362,873 |
| Bayer | 1 | $49,487 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $243 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $37 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $33 |
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.
- NUPLAZID$114
How this compares
$412,673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other neurology in Pittsburgh
- Anoopum GuptaPittsburgh$592K
- Thomas ScottPittsburgh$476K
- James ValerianoPittsburgh$416K
- Andrea SynowiecPittsburgh$386K
- Dolores Dominguez SantamariaPittsburgh$265K
- Heather MouryPittsburgh$186K
- Troy DesaiPittsburgh$174K
- Richard KasdanPittsburgh$172K
- David LobasPittsburgh$158K
- Daniel KremensPhiladelphia$1.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.