Chibuzo Ilonze
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1124424817
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,788 of the $2,119 with a category attached, or 84.4%. Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 91.3% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,823 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $82 in 2024.
Across 14 payments — averaging $151.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- Vertex$88
- Pfizer$82
- Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.$14
Across 22 payments — averaging $30,844 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$658K
- National Marrow Donor Program$12K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,78884%
- Food & beverage$33116%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $1,935 |
| Vertex | 1 | $88 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $82 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- OXBRYTA$1,900
How this compares
$2,119 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 38 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Alabama.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Birmingham
- Julie Kanter WashkoBirmingham$273K
- Aman WadhwaBirmingham$100K
- Frederick GoldmanBirmingham$76K
- Jeffrey LebensburgerBirmingham$57K
- Joseph ChewningBirmingham$5K
- Laura MetrockBirmingham$3K
- Todd CooperBirmingham$2K
- Loretta ParkerBirmingham$1K
- Thomas HowardBirmingham$767
- Ana XavierBirmingham$514
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.