Andrea Apolo
Internal Medicine · Bethesda, MDNPI 1902059124
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.0% of the total across 15 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 34.9% of the total.
Across 15 payments — averaging $47.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$248
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$178
- AbbVie$136
- Exelixis Inc.$77
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$50
- Amgen$21
Across 25 payments — averaging $191,584 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.
- Merck$4.4M
- Gilead$220K
- Astellas US Technologies$84K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$77K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$66193%
- Education$507%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 3 | $248 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $178 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $136 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
How this compares
$711 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Other internal medicine in Bethesda
- Matthew MintzBethesda$135K
- Micaela IantornoBethesda$26K
- Marianne MannHighland$2.1M
- Param DedhiaBaltimore$636K
- Curtis RosebraughAshton$418K
- Mark CorriereColumbia$402K
- Gregory PokrywkaTowson$377K
- Shawn DhillonBaltimore$227K
- Brian HarveyAnnapolis$220K
- Jeremy SugarmanBaltimore$210K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.