Brian Snyder
Internal Medicine · Cheektowaga, NYNPI 1437148087
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 2 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. accounts for 80.8% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for internal medicine clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $194.
Across 2 payments — averaging $43.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$71
- Abbott$17
Across 6,917 payments — averaging $453.81 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.
- Novo Nordisk AS$2.2M
- Amgen$337K
- CSL Behring$257K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$229K
- Eli Lilly$49K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$30K
- plus $44K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$88100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$88 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Cheektowaga
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Scott BeegleAlbany$1.9M
- Anthony MartinezBuffalo$1.6M
- Javier MoralesGreenvale$1.3M
- Ricky HsuNew York$1M
- James UnderbergNew York$953K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.