Anitha Menon
Pediatrics · Riverdale, MDNPI 1720030497
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 303 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 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,329 and has fallen 65.8% since, to $454 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in MD 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 303 payments — averaging $15.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Merck$542
- Amgen$314
- AstraZeneca$300
- Lilly USA, LLC$285
- GSK$242
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,815100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 84 | $1,047 |
| Merck | 35 | $542 |
| Amgen | 17 | $314 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $300 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $285 |
| GSK | 13 | $242 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $235 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $212 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 18 | $208 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $182 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $177 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $174 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 5 | $102 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 6 | $94 |
| Biogen | 3 | $75 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Bayer | 3 | $64 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $61 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $53 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $47 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,815 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,307 pediatrics providers in Maryland.
Other pediatrics in Riverdale
- Jitendrakumar ModiAnnapolis$149K
- Mary Elizabeth YoungerBaltimore$130K
- Hari SachsRockville$114K
- Brenda BanwellBaltimore$109K
- Ellen FieldsSilver Spring$68K
- John ThomsonBaltimore$67K
- Carmelo CuffariBaltimore$61K
- Victor AbdowRockville$58K
- John PierceRockville$47K
- Nicole RochesterSilver Spring$40K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.