Gabriella Lerner
Physician Assistant · Chicago, ILNPI 1003592007
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 175 payments — averaging $16.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$810
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$290
- Lundbeck LLC$263
- Johnson & Johnson$258
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$201
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$187
- plus $896 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,906100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 58 | $810 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $290 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 14 | $263 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $258 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 11 | $201 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 7 | $187 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 13 | $167 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $138 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $86 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $59 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| TMS Neurohealth Centers Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,906 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sertraline Hcl | 11 | $39 |
| Clonazepam | 11 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Chicago
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Jessica KarlChicago$71K
- Kelly OconnorChicago$36K
- Christa CooperChicago$36K
- Audrey FenwickChicago$29K
- Amy LadewskiChicago$29K
- Lindsey KalhagenChicago$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.