David Strong
Emergency Medical Services · Detroit, MINPI 1568728137
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, Boston Scientific. That places this record below the midpoint for emergency medical services clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $121.
Across 1 payment — averaging $19.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$20
Across 236 payments — averaging $23,480 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.$1.9M
- Pfizer$1.8M
- Eli Lilly$893K
- Amgen$797K
- AstraZeneca$120K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$57K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$20100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$20 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 180 emergency medical services providers in Michigan.
Other emergency medical services in Detroit
- Robert DunneDetroit$21K
- Roy ElrodDetroit$2K
- Anoop MajjhooDetroit$804
- Christopher CooperDetroit$525
- Trifun DimitrijevskiDetroit$500
- Emmanuel OkeDetroit$343
- Charles ZellerKalamazoo$454K
- Melissa TaylorGrand Rapids$60K
- Joshua WhiteLansing$26K
- Brian GelbAlpena$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.