David Schwartzberg, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1336439686
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $16,065 of the $26,213 with a category attached, or 61.3%. Convatec Inc. accounts for 67.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $17,012 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $688 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in NY 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 61 payments — averaging $429.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Convatec Inc.$18K
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$251
- Medtronic$148
- Axonics, Inc.$146
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$100
- plus $251 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,06561%
- Travel & lodging$1,5406%
- Food & beverage$1,4686%
- Education$7,14027%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Convatec Inc. | 20 | $17,774 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $7,543 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $251 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $148 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 5 | $146 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $100 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $42 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- NATURA$16,716
- Da Vinci Surgical System$7,443
- ESTEEM$630
- Signia$148
- CONVATEC INC.$146
How this compares
$26,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 177 colon & rectal surgery providers in New York.
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.
Other colon & rectal surgery in New York
- Sanghyun KimNew York$154K
- Mehraneh JafariNew York$50K
- Jeffrey MilsomNew York$42K
- Richard WhelanNew York$23K
- Alessandro FicheraNew York$20K
- Juliet RayNew York$17K
- Cary AaronsNew York$16K
- Debbie BakesNew York$15K
- Parul ShuklaNew York$14K
- Andre MoreiraNew York$9K
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.