Emily Knowlton
Physician Assistant · Fairfield, CTNPI 1023664125
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 544 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 44 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,043 and has fallen 59.1% since, to $1,653 in 2023. Among physician assistant clinicians in CT 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 544 payments — averaging $17.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$719
- GSK$673
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$527
- Boehringer Ingelheim$505
- AstraZeneca$444
- plus $5K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,56199%
- Education$991%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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.
How this compares
$9,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
Other physician assistant in Fairfield
- Marina MathewFairfield$20K
- Brian ClancyFairfield$17K
- Emily RomanFairfield$13K
- Imran MridhaFairfield$9K
- Gary SpinnerBridgeport$119K
- Jordan MarcouTrumbull$44K
- Mary ElliottGuilford$43K
- Christopher ThompsonGroton$42K
- Michael LalondeNew Haven$35K
- Kristine LaneMiddletown$30K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.