Eliza Diaconescu
Pain Medicine · Gurnee, ILNPI 1881655140
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 91 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $876 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $116 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $2,104.
Across 91 payments — averaging $12.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$337
- AbbVie$180
- Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.$129
- Lilly USA, LLC$97
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$92
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$40
- plus $272 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,146100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 28 | $337 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $180 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 25 | $129 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $97 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,146 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 233 pain medicine providers in Illinois.
Other pain medicine in Gurnee
- Ricardo VallejoBloomington$2.3M
- David DickersonEvanston$558K
- Thomas DahlbergRockford$218K
- Steven CohenChicago$217K
- Albert SinghQuincy$212K
- Nirav ShahSkokie$137K
- Ryan KutaNaperville$114K
- Anthony LebarioElgin$87K
- Keith SchmidtHoffman Estates$81K
- Jay HurhLibertyville$71K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.