David Wheeler, MD
Infectious Disease · Annandale, VANPI 1235184318
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.1%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Janssen Products, LP at 54.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $34,138 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $1,277 in 2023. Among infectious disease clinicians in VA 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 134 payments — averaging $363.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Products, LP$26K
- Gilead$11K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$10K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$193
- Merck$118
- plus $301 from 11 others
Across 196 payments — averaging $10,992 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.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$1.2M
- Eli Lilly$417K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$265K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$161K
- GSK$80K
- Gilead$66K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,28017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,77159%
- Travel & lodging$8,85618%
- Food & beverage$2,7616%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Products, LP | 32 | $26,337 |
| Gilead | 27 | $10,844 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 29 | $9,600 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 9 | $1,277 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $193 |
| Merck | 8 | $118 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $56 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $22 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$48,669 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 194 infectious disease providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen | 89 | $410,620 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 86 | $378,922 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 55 | $257,529 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 77 | $227,511 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 71 | $211,865 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 65 | $200,547 |
| PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat | 47 | $132,027 |
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 23 | $86,413 |
| IsentressRaltegravir Potassium | 23 | $84,257 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 12 | $51,631 |
| Efavirenz-Emtric-Tenofov DisopEfavirenz/Emtricit/Tenofovr Df | 15 | $48,560 |
| Darunavir | 23 | $31,496 |
| Isentress HdRaltegravir Potassium | 11 | $20,953 |
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 22 | $10,255 |
| Rifabutin | 11 | $1,887 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GileadGenvoya, Biktarvy, Descovy | $10,844 | $1,017,054252 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTivicay, Dovato, Juluca, Triumeq | $9,600 | $550,455171 claims |
| Janssen Products, LPSymtuza | $26,337 | $257,52955 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonPrezcobix | $193 | $132,02747 claims |
| MerckIsentress, Isentress Hd | $118 | $105,21134 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 194 infectious disease providers in Virginia.
Other infectious disease in Annandale
- Allan MorrisonAnnandale$4K
- Donald PoretzAnnandale$3K
- Jennifer MakhoulAnnandale$1K
- Sujata AmbardarAnnandale$891
- Mark DelmanAnnandale$739
- Christopher BettacchiMarion$243K
- Stephen WeinrothFairfax$157K
- William PetriCharlottesville$92K
- Michael IsonFalls Church$88K
- Valerie RiddleBumpass$83K
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.