Carolyn Bennett
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Atlanta, GANPI 1417916768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,630 of the $20,205 with a category attached, or 67.5%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis Pharma AG at 58.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,925 and has fallen 76.7% since, to $2,775 in 2022.
Across 14 payments — averaging $1443.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis Pharma AG$12K
- Dova Pharmaceuticals$4K
- Sobi, Inc$3K
- Novartis$1K
- Baxter Healthcare$20
Across 21 payments — averaging $81,530 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.
- Novartis$1.4M
- Amgen$226K
- Dova Pharmaceuticals$20K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$17K
- Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,63067%
- Travel & lodging$6,23431%
- Food & beverage$3402%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis Pharma AG | 7 | $11,795 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $4,205 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $2,775 |
| Novartis | 1 | $1,410 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
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.
- DOPTELET$6,870
- PROMACTA_PROMACTA_ONCOLOGY$5,789
- PRM_PROMACTA_ONCOLOGY$5,766
- PROMACTA$1,410
How this compares
$20,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 74 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Georgia.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Atlanta
- Robert SidonioAtlanta$834K
- Shannon MeeksAtlanta$255K
- Bhavya DoshiAtlanta$200K
- Muna QayedAtlanta$86K
- Shanmuganathan ChandrakasanAtlanta$67K
- Vivien SheehanAtlanta$51K
- Carlton DampierAtlanta$30K
- William CashAtlanta$28K
- Megan BrownAtlanta$24K
- Lakshmanan KrishnamurtiAtlanta$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.