Daphne Ambrose
Optometrist · New York, NYNPI 1891368569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.5%), food and beverage and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Alcon accounts for 62.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,784 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $154 in 2025.
Across 12 payments — averaging $181.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$1K
- Alcon Research LLC$586
- AbbVie$101
- Optos, Inc.$33
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$33
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$26
- plus $37 from 2 others
Across 134 payments — averaging $3784.29 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.
- Coopervision Inc.$345K
- Alcon Research LLC$162K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,18954%
- Food & beverage$96044%
- Entertainment$332%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 5 | $1,365 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 1 | $586 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $101 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- VUITY$101
How this compares
$2,182 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,743 optometrist providers in New York.
Other optometrist in New York
- Susan ResnickNew York$463K
- Denise WhittamNew York$343K
- Jennifer TsaiNew York$275K
- Sophia VisanjiNew York$233K
- Jason ComptonNew York$181K
- Richard MadonnaNew York$75K
- George ZikosNew York$72K
- Craig TischNew York$59K
- Arthur JungNew York$50K
- Milly MuiNew York$46K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.