Gerald Franklin
Gastroenterology · Danbury, CTNPI 1184658528
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.2% of the total across 104 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,442 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $34 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $3,356.
Across 104 payments — averaging $17.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$343
- Novo Nordisk$251
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$157
- Merck$125
- AstraZeneca$124
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$107
- plus $718 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,71794%
- Gifts$1076%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 19 | $343 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $251 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $157 |
| Merck | 10 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $124 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 6 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $74 |
| Amgen | 4 | $71 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $68 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $61 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| GSK | 2 | $46 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,824 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 326 gastroenterology providers in Connecticut.
Other gastroenterology in Danbury
- Steven GorelickDanbury$35K
- Jennifer Liu-BurdowskiDanbury$27K
- Paul FeuerstadtHamden$1M
- James FrestonFarmington$772K
- Loren LaineWest Haven$451K
- Martin HoffmanHartford$317K
- Colin SwalesHartford$285K
- Joseph CappaGlastonbury$200K
- Renuka UmashankerHamden$197K
- David HassHamden$173K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.