David Leffell, MD
Dermatology · New Haven, CTNPI 1518940410
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $83,525 of the $93,525 with a category attached, or 89.3%. Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC accounts for 96.2% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $40,000 and has fallen 66.2% since, to $13,525 in 2021. Among dermatology clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 10 payments — averaging $9352.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC$90K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$83,52589%
- Food & beverage$10,00011%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 9 | $90,000 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $3,525 |
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
$93,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 77 | $585 |
| Hydrocortisone | 11 | $129 |
| Cephalexin | 45 | $126 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 13 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in New Haven
- Christopher BunickNew Haven$661K
- Keith ChoateNew Haven$362K
- Mariam TotonchyNew Haven$52K
- Lisa DonofrioNew Haven$38K
- Richard AntayaNew Haven$37K
- Leonard MilstoneNew Haven$31K
- William DamskyNew Haven$23K
- Michael GirardiNew Haven$20K
- Jeffrey CohenNew Haven$18K
- Mary TomaykoNew Haven$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.