Gary Kirsh
Urology · Blue Ash, OHNPI 1770525073
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bayer at 28.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $31,193 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $807 in 2025. Among urology 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 201 payments — averaging $365.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$21K
- Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$18K
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$10K
- Johnson & Johnson$8K
- Integra GPO, LLC$5K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$4K
- plus $7K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,80437%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,47748%
- Travel & lodging$1,8733%
- Food & beverage$9,11212%
- Education$1550%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 25 | $21,220 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $17,528 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 23 | $10,319 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $7,779 |
| Integra GPO, LLC | 5 | $5,441 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $4,301 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $2,004 |
| Teleflex LLC | 6 | $689 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $462 |
| Coloplast | 31 | $460 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $450 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 3 | $366 |
| Neotract Inc. | 3 | $336 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $252 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $246 |
| SRS Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $241 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $235 |
| Intrinsiq Specialty Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $197 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $154 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Bioprotect Medical, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $86 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Novartis | 2 | $41 |
| ASD Specialty Healthcare, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Avyxa Pharma, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ELIGARD$17,495
- Nubeqa$17,419
- Erleada$11,778
- PROVENGE$10,059
- Non-Covered$1,801
- Xofigo$1,747
- LYNPARZA$1,628
- UroLift$725
- CVAC Aspiration System$325
- JELMYTO$172
- myRisk$143
- Rubraca$138
- LithoVue$137
- CT3000 Pro Base Unit$135
- UroCuff-DC Disposable, Single$135
- Axonics r-SNM System$127
- SPEEDICATH$121
- UroLift System$119
- Axonics$118
- BIOPROTECT BALLOON IMPLANT SYSTEM$117
How this compares
$73,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 485 urology providers in Ohio.
Other urology in Blue Ash
- Mark DelworthBlue Ash$76K
- Lawrence GervasiMiddleburg Heights$1.1M
- Howard GoldmanCleveland$721K
- Ronney AbazaWorthington$374K
- Sriharan SivalingamCleveland$276K
- Sandip VasavadaCleveland$263K
- Jihad KaoukCleveland$234K
- Benjamin MartinGahanna$205K
- Ruben OlivaresCleveland$184K
- Abhinav SidanaCincinnati$174K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.