Francisca Okafor
Pediatrics · Syracuse, NYNPI 1134374085
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 88 payments — averaging $20.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$285
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$274
- Merck$228
- Pfizer$225
- Sekisui Diagnostics LLC$165
- ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.$100
- plus $490 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,60391%
- Gifts$1659%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 18 | $285 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 15 | $274 |
| Merck | 15 | $228 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $225 |
| Sekisui Diagnostics LLC | 1 | $165 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Gilead | 2 | $96 |
| Abbott | 4 | $77 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $31 |
| Bayer | 2 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $30 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $27 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,768 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,055 pediatrics providers in New York.
Other pediatrics in Syracuse
- Alicia PekarskySyracuse$40K
- Wendy HolzSyracuse$21K
- Giancarlo GuidoBronx$3.9M
- Janet CaseyRochester$3.4M
- Michael PichicheroRochester$1.5M
- Rudolph LeibelNew York$1M
- Philip OzuahBronx$1M
- Kevin CurranNew York$842K
- Joan Decelie-GermanaGreat Neck$840K
- Shakeel ModakNew York$774K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.