Boris Lelchuk
Pediatrics · Wheeling, ILNPI 1932132123
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alk-abello, Inc at 42.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,558 and has fallen 87.9% since, to $310 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in IL 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 98 payments — averaging $56.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alk-abello, Inc$2K
- Pfizer$1K
- Merck$346
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$231
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$200
- GSK$170
- plus $944 from 13 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $400.00 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.
- Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company$400
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$551%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,22058%
- Food & beverage$2,27741%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alk-abello, Inc | 9 | $2,347 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $1,313 |
| Merck | 17 | $346 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 10 | $231 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 13 | $200 |
| GSK | 8 | $170 |
| Abbott | 1 | $155 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $146 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $117 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $102 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $101 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $88 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$5,552 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,058 pediatrics providers in Illinois.
Other pediatrics in Wheeling
- Amy PallerChicago$1.2M
- Jan BergerChicago$886K
- Jonathan RobertsPeoria$588K
- Anita Chandra PuriChicago$367K
- Mindy SimpsonChicago$318K
- Anthony ManciniChicago$187K
- Patricia ChiamasChicago$155K
- Ruchi GuptaChicago$94K
- Loris RaynerEvergreen Park$46K
- Dov ShapiroLincolnshire$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.