Bernard Schanzer
Neurology · Elizabeth, NJNPI 1669442760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,322 of the $1,495 with a category attached, or 88.4%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biogen at 25.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $1,560.
Across 109 payments — averaging $13.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$386
- Novartis$279
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$211
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$91
- AbbVie$81
- UCB, Inc.$68
- plus $380 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$141%
- Food & beverage$1,32288%
- Education$15811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 26 | $386 |
| Novartis | 18 | $279 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 19 | $211 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $91 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $81 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $65 |
| Amgen | 4 | $63 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $45 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $40 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $26 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,495 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 521 neurology providers in New Jersey.
Other neurology in Elizabeth
- Steven BromleyAudubon$1.5M
- Mary Ann PiconeTeaneck$1.5M
- Fiona GuptaOradell$1.1M
- Matthew DavisMiddletown$567K
- Amos KatzEatontown$558K
- Monte PellmarFreehold$429K
- Marcie RabinSummit$387K
- Ashish KapoorBayonne$329K
- Mario VukicHackensack$310K
- Andrew SylvesterBridgewater$296K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.