Christopher Fortner
Pediatric Pulmonology · Syracuse, NYNPI 1104084078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $16,943 of the $26,199 with a category attached, or 64.7%. Vertex accounts for 97.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,776 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $131 in 2025. Among pediatric pulmonology clinicians in NY 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 35 payments — averaging $748.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$25K
- Welch Allyn$325
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$156
- Viatris Specialty LLC$131
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$85
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$77
Across 26 payments — averaging $26,365 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.
- Vertex$685K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,15020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,94365%
- Travel & lodging$3,22612%
- Food & beverage$6783%
- Education$2021%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 29 | $25,426 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $325 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $156 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $131 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $85 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
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.
- SYMDEKO$8,232
- TRIKAFTA$5,669
- KALYDECO$3,600
- ORKAMBI$2,475
- iExaminer Image Reader$325
- Digital MacroView Otoscope$325
- PanOptic Ophthalmoscope$325
- TOBI Podhaler$286
How this compares
$26,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 102 pediatric pulmonology providers in New York.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Syracuse
- Aisha BaigSyracuse$2K
- Zafer SoultanSyracuse$404
- Catherine KierStony Brook$176K
- Jason PriceNew Hyde Park$64K
- Mayank ShuklaNew York$28K
- Danielle GoetzBuffalo$12K
- Elizabeth FiorinoNew York$9K
- Mikhail KazachkovNew York$7K
- Deniz KesebirNew York$6K
- Meyer KattanNew York$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.