Elyse Lower
Medical Oncology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1447244843
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $235,290 of the $312,378 with a category attached, or 75.3%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $97,813 and has fallen 75.0% since, to $24,473 in 2023. Among medical oncology clinicians in OH 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 256 payments — averaging $1220.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$87K
- AstraZeneca$60K
- Novartis$55K
- Seagen Inc.$49K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$32K
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$15K
- plus $14K from 6 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $5965.56 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.
- AstraZeneca$48K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,1349%
- Speaking & faculty fees$235,29075%
- Travel & lodging$44,24214%
- Food & beverage$5,7012%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 46 | $87,282 |
| AstraZeneca | 37 | $60,298 |
| Novartis | 39 | $55,107 |
| Seagen Inc. | 24 | $49,278 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 20 | $32,067 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 18 | $14,697 |
| Immunomedics, Inc. | 3 | $5,360 |
| Gen-probe Sales & Service, Inc. | 13 | $4,152 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $1,745 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $1,213 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 49 | $1,148 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $30 |
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
$312,378 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 157 medical oncology providers in Ohio.
Other medical oncology in Cincinnati
- John MorrisCincinnati$16K
- Leslie OleksowiczCincinnati$14K
- Gina ChungCincinnati$13K
- David CarboneColumbus$438K
- Moshe OrnsteinCleveland$249K
- Christian RolfoColumbus$227K
- Timothy MooreColumbus$213K
- Maryam LustbergColumbus$176K
- Suneel KamathCleveland$120K
- Mark MarinellaKettering$84K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.