Ellen Ginzler, MD
Rheumatology · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1952395618
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $24,359 of the $32,481 with a category attached, or 75.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 55.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,728 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $225 in 2025.
Across 79 payments — averaging $411.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$18K
- AstraZeneca$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$3K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$142
- Lilly USA, LLC$113
- plus $229 from 4 others
Across 36 payments — averaging $4740.90 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.
- Eli Lilly$62K
- Genentech, Inc.$51K
- AbbVie$30K
- GSK$16K
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,35975%
- Travel & lodging$5,68217%
- Food & beverage$2,2807%
- Education$1600%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 27 | $17,908 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 11 | $6,654 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $4,577 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 10 | $2,857 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $142 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $113 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $69 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
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.
- BENLYSTA$9,459
- SAPHNELO$6,349
- SIMPONI ARIA$4,116
- LUPKYNIS$2,623
How this compares
$32,481 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 541 rheumatology providers in New York.
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.
Other rheumatology in Brooklyn
- Laurie GlimcherNew York$3.9M
- Grace WrightNew York$3M
- Kostas BotsoglouCheektowaga$2.6M
- Sergio SchwartzmanNew York$2.5M
- Allan GibofskyNew York$1.9M
- Petros EfthimiouNew York$791K
- Richard FurieNew Hyde Park$746K
- Barry GruberBabylon$742K
- Olga PetrynaNew York$509K
- Sanjay GodhwaniWading River$472K
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.