Cong Ning
Pediatric Endocrinology · Rockville, MDNPI 1619981297
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,129 of the $4,283 with a category attached, or 73.1%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,195 and has fallen 88.9% since, to $133 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $76.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Gilead$609
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$295
- AstraZeneca$250
- Abbott$159
- Novo Nordisk$153
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,14227%
- Food & beverage$3,12973%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $1,689 |
| Gilead | 6 | $609 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $295 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $250 |
| Abbott | 2 | $159 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $153 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$4,283 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 33 pediatric endocrinology providers in Maryland.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Rockville
- Maya LodishBethesda$34K
- Barry ReinerBaltimore$15K
- David CookeBaltimore$8K
- Risa WolfBaltimore$7K
- Mary RobertsBethesda$6K
- Ryan MillerBaltimore$5K
- Robert KritzlerLutherville$5K
- Sandra SalsbergBaltimore$3K
- Amita de SouzaN Bethesda$3K
- Noelle LarsonBethesda$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.