Ethan Sobol, MD
Ophthalmology · Atlanta, GANPI 1922530336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.4% of the total across 42 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 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $867, 4.0 times the $215 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $1,897.
Across 42 payments — averaging $53.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech USA, Inc.$460
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$261
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$255
- Dutch Ophthalmic, USA$239
- Alcon$215
- AbbVie$187
- plus $646 from 7 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $13,500 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.
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1507%
- Food & beverage$2,11493%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 12 | $460 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $261 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $255 |
| Dutch Ophthalmic, USA | 2 | $239 |
| Alcon | 2 | $215 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $187 |
| Cardinal Health 110 LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $94 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
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.
- Syfovre$255
- EVA, combined machine$151
- Constellation$135
- SUSVIMO$127
- IC-8 Apthera IOL$123
- enVista MX60 IOL$123
- CEQUA$116
- VABYSMO$113
How this compares
$2,264 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 481 ophthalmology providers in Georgia.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 70 | $4,089 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 21 | $696 |
| Ofloxacin | 24 | $343 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 14 | $208 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Atlanta
- Gagan SawhneyAtlanta$582K
- Lawrence WoodardAtlanta$578K
- Stephanie VanderveldtAtlanta$384K
- Steven YehAtlanta$289K
- Evan SchoenbergAtlanta$130K
- Robert StultingAtlanta$85K
- David SackelAtlanta$82K
- Atul SharmaAtlanta$77K
- Daniel MartinAtlanta$55K
- Douglas DayAtlanta$52K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.