Elliott Vichinsky
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Oakland, CANPI 1932147840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $61,239 of the $73,368 with a category attached, or 83.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. at 39.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $30,716 and has fallen 76.8% since, to $7,114 in 2024. Among pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in CA 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 29 payments — averaging $2529.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$29K
- Pfizer$22K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$7K
- Novartis$6K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$4K
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$3K
- plus $2K from 1 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $23,200 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.
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$405K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$124K
- Novartis$4K
- Apo-pharma Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$61,23983%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,8004%
- Travel & lodging$2,0873%
- Food & beverage$1280%
- Education$7,11410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $29,259 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $22,380 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $7,114 |
| Novartis | 5 | $6,411 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $3,600 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $2,800 |
| Apo-pharma Inc. | 2 | $1,804 |
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
$73,368 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 307 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in California.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Oakland
- Caroline HastingsOakland$127K
- Mark WaltersOakland$69K
- Ashutosh LalOakland$21K
- Anurag AgrawalOakland$17K
- Philip PizzoPalo Alto$2.6M
- Vinod BalasaMadera$508K
- Akshat JainRedlands$447K
- Noah FedermanLos Angeles$399K
- Vanessa Salinas-LunaOrange$344K
- Daniel KraftStanford$294K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.