Dimitri Cefalu
Internal Medicine · Tinton Falls, NJNPI 1679505879
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 307 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,480 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $254 in 2021. Among internal medicine clinicians in NJ 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 307 payments — averaging $19.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$941
- AstraZeneca$621
- GSK$478
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$478
- Johnson & Johnson$449
- Amgen$347
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,976100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 55 | $941 |
| AstraZeneca | 30 | $621 |
| GSK | 14 | $478 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 15 | $478 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $449 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 18 | $347 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 27 | $333 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $333 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 16 | $299 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 23 | $256 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $208 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 16 | $198 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 17 | $187 |
| Merck | 13 | $166 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $158 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $124 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $88 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $68 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 4 | $54 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $45 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$5,976 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
Other internal medicine in Tinton Falls
- David ShulkinMorristown$1.7M
- Howard UdermanLakewood$955K
- Darshi SunderamEast Orange$530K
- Annika DrongeEmerson$401K
- Stephen MarcellaNew Brunswick$331K
- Viju VijaysadanKinnelon$325K
- Mark MonaneWoodcliff Lake$268K
- Martin BedigianLivingston$240K
- Rameck HuntPlainsboro$217K
- Angel LazoSecaucus$195K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.