George Plitas, MD
Surgical Oncology · New York, NYNPI 1013179878
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Merck accounts for 91.7% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,831 and has fallen 75.3% since, to $4,157 in 2024. Among surgical oncology clinicians in NY 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 35 payments — averaging $1112.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$36K
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$3K
Across 7 payments — averaging $109,804 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$769K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,63956%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,31537%
- Travel & lodging$2,4086%
- Food & beverage$5902%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 31 | $35,718 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 4 | $3,234 |
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.
How this compares
$38,952 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 173 surgical oncology providers in New York.
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.
Other surgical oncology in New York
- Sheldon FeldmanNew York$97K
- Kepal PatelNew York$94K
- James ParkNew York$28K
- Michael LoweNew York$20K
- Scott HananNew York$15K
- Marcovalerio MelisNew York$12K
- Kevin SoaresNew York$10K
- Jennifer CracchioloNew York$9K
- Bert PetersenNew York$7K
- Paul SchmidtNew York$7K
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.