Cory Damon
Adult Health · Buffalo, NYNPI 1235758707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 121 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Daiichi Sankyo Inc. at 25.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,563 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $59 in 2025.
Across 121 payments — averaging $25.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$764
- AstraZeneca$321
- Johnson & Johnson$296
- Merck$274
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$216
- Biogen$188
- plus $976 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,034100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 53 | $764 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $321 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $296 |
| Merck | 11 | $274 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 7 | $216 |
| Biogen | 5 | $188 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $165 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $159 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $148 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $141 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| GSK | 2 | $50 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,034 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,828 adult health providers in New York.
Other adult health in Buffalo
- Mary CiechoskiBuffalo$200K
- Rosemary HansenBuffalo$40K
- Susan DemarcoBuffalo$20K
- Donna CatameroNew York$279K
- Kristen DurkinPort Jefferson Station$255K
- Jennifer FioriniGlens Falls$151K
- Katelyn McCormackAmherst$131K
- Maria Gigante-BaggettEast Syracuse$92K
- Jane PattersonRochester$66K
- Alyson HartyNew York$65K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.