Edward Walko
Pain Medicine · Norfolk, VANPI 1396773263
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 92 payments — averaging $21.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$605
- Pfizer$379
- Lundbeck LLC$306
- Abbott$120
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$91
- Nevro Corp.$88
- plus $426 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,014100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 36 | $605 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $379 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 12 | $306 |
| Abbott | 2 | $120 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $91 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $88 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $85 |
| Amgen | 1 | $41 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $36 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $31 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 150 pain medicine providers in Virginia.
Other pain medicine in Norfolk
- Antonio Quidgley-NevaresNorfolk$14K
- Robert HansenNorfolk$9K
- Melissa LewinNorfolk$5K
- Laura HubbsNorfolk$3K
- Michael DepalmaRichmond$967K
- Lynn KohanCharlottesville$667K
- Chheany UngRoanoke$624K
- Steven GershonVirginia Beach$597K
- Denise LesterRichmond$459K
- Nameer HaiderWoodbridge$143K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.