Elliot Frohman
Neurology · Austin, TXNPI 1689630147
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $297,269 of the $380,935 with a category attached, or 78.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 34.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $216,034 and has fallen 79.3% since, to $44,777 in 2025. Among neurology clinicians in TX 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 378 payments — averaging $1007.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$132K
- AstraZeneca$89K
- Johnson & Johnson$60K
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$50K
- Novartis$21K
- Amgen$10K
- plus $18K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,9607%
- Speaking & faculty fees$297,26978%
- Travel & lodging$50,28613%
- Food & beverage$7,4212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 125 | $132,428 |
| AstraZeneca | 100 | $88,587 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 57 | $60,481 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 33 | $49,502 |
| Novartis | 20 | $21,391 |
| Amgen | 16 | $10,367 |
| Biogen | 7 | $8,561 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 15 | $7,576 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $1,750 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $47 |
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
$380,935 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.
Other neurology in Austin
- Krishna PokalaAustin$143K
- Subhashie SarathkumaraAustin$129K
- David MorledgeAustin$128K
- Stephanie VertreesAustin$119K
- Ann BassSan Antonio$1.7M
- William OndoHouston$1.4M
- Nirav PavasiaDallas$1.4M
- Mirla AvilaLubbock$1.3M
- Michael SoileauGeorgetown$1.2M
- Pankaj SatijaHouston$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.