Daniel Sessler
Anesthesiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1952365835
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $95,473 of the $140,245 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC at 34.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $48,422, 4.3 times the $11,143 reported in 2019. Among anesthesiology clinicians in OH 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 62 payments — averaging $2262.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC$48K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$25K
- KCI USA, Inc.$20K
- Edwards Lifesciences$19K
- Solventum Corporation$9K
- Baxter Healthcare$5K
- plus $14K from 10 others
Across 56 payments — averaging $37,520 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.
- Trevena, Inc.$522K
- 3M Company$506K
- KCI USA, Inc.$441K
- GE HealthCare$276K
- Masimo Corporation$160K
- Cardinal Health 200 LLC$156K
- plus $40K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$95,47368%
- Speaking & faculty fees$37,02826%
- Travel & lodging$2,8422%
- Food & beverage$2,0061%
- Education$2,8962%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 3 | $48,360 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 11 | $25,253 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 5 | $20,313 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 20 | $18,555 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $8,750 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $4,585 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $3,690 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $3,575 |
| Merck | 1 | $3,500 |
| Masimo Corporation | 8 | $3,192 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 4 | $184 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $99 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| BD | 1 | $62 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $28 |
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.
- EXPAREL$25,063
- Bair Hugger$20,625
- SpotOn$17,500
- 3M Coban$3,125
- Bair Paws$2,500
- Bridge$2,300
- rainbow Acoustic Monitoring$596
- ACTIV.A.C.$313
- PREVENA$313
- SNAP$313
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$313
- EMMA and ISA$125
How this compares
$140,245 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,623 anesthesiology providers in Ohio.
Other anesthesiology in Cleveland
- Sabry AyadCleveland$427K
- Edwin AveryCleveland$194K
- Hesham ElsharkawyCleveland$189K
- Basem AbdelmalakCleveland$147K
- Andrew ShawCleveland$112K
- Michael SmithCleveland$75K
- Adi CosicCleveland$57K
- Sameam ShahrestaniCleveland$57K
- Peter SchoenwaldCleveland$55K
- Mark ChmielaCleveland$41K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.