Ian Baird
Infectious Disease · Columbus, OHNPI 1427034008
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $875 of the $1,006 with a category attached, or 86.9%. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 86.9% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $887 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $54 in 2021.
Across 7 payments — averaging $143.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$875
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$80
- GSK$39
- Merck$13
Across 73 payments — averaging $11,075 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.
- Amgen$467K
- Pfizer$184K
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$75K
- Novartis$68K
- Biogen$9K
- Incyte Corporation$7K
- plus $43 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$87587%
- Food & beverage$394%
- Education$939%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $875 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $80 |
| GSK | 3 | $39 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Vibativ$875
How this compares
$1,006 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 308 infectious disease providers in Ohio.
Other infectious disease in Columbus
- Carlos MalvestuttoColumbus$70K
- Julie ManginoColumbus$12K
- Jose BazanColumbus$9K
- Larry SchlesingerColumbus$7K
- Steven BurdetteDayton$322K
- Nathaniel RatnasamyFindlay$255K
- Melissa JenkinsCleveland$127K
- Grace McComseyCleveland$123K
- Steven GordonCleveland$78K
- Nicholas CongerWright Patterson Afb$76K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.