Daniel Finkelstein
Ophthalmology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1679503791
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $1,143.
Across 1 payment — averaging $14.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$14
Across 137 payments — averaging $50,385 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$6.9M
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$14 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 493 ophthalmology providers in Maryland.
Other ophthalmology in Baltimore
- Alfred SommerBaltimore$2.9M
- Richard AdlerBaltimore$2.7M
- Peter McDonnellBaltimore$1.4M
- Esen AkpekBaltimore$782K
- Neil BresslerBaltimore$265K
- Adrienne ScottBaltimore$170K
- Jennifer ThorneBaltimore$128K
- Earl CravenBaltimore$120K
- Peter CampochiaroBaltimore$103K
- Gail SchwartzBaltimore$85K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.