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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.

$73,368in general payments, 2019–2025

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
$533,602in research payments, 2019–2025

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.12$29,259
Pfizer7$22,380
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$7,114
Novartis5$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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