Ambrose Puttmann
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1063415370
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 86 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 51.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $822 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $37 in 2025.
Across 86 payments — averaging $24.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$262
- Gynesonics, Inc.$193
- Boston Scientific$93
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$91
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$87
- plus $317 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,13599%
- Education$131%
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 | 53 | $1,104 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $262 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $193 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $93 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 2 | $91 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 6 | $87 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $53 |
| Merck | 3 | $41 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $25 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$2,147 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,376 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Ohio.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Cincinnati
- David SchwartzCincinnati$169K
- Gerard ReillyCincinnati$74K
- Michael KarramCincinnati$47K
- Sunbal JavaidCincinnati$32K
- James SosnowskiCincinnati$31K
- Gretchen FermannCincinnati$31K
- Rocco RossiCincinnati$18K
- Meredith PensakCincinnati$14K
- David DhanrajCincinnati$12K
- David SheynCincinnati$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.