Irene Gladstein
Ophthalmology · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1891736740
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $62,391 of the $93,798 with a category attached, or 66.5%. Merz North America, Inc. accounts for 80.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among ophthalmology 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 169 payments — averaging $555.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$76K
- AbbVie$18K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$65
- Medline Industries LP$33
Across 12 payments — averaging $13,789 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.
- Merz North America, Inc.$165K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$62,39167%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,35014%
- Travel & lodging$6,9597%
- Food & beverage$10,94012%
- Education$1570%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 81 | $75,559 |
| AbbVie | 85 | $18,140 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $65 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $33 |
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.
- XEOMIN$31,311
- BOTOX COSMETIC$13,914
- ASCLERA$1,927
- BOTOX$149
How this compares
$93,798 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology providers in New York.
Other ophthalmology in Brooklyn
- David RubaltelliBrooklyn$8.9M
- Nathan RadcliffeNew York$2.1M
- Richard SpaideNew York$1.7M
- Eric DonnenfeldGarden City$1.4M
- Marguerite McDonaldOceanside$893K
- Joshua YoungNew York$814K
- David KleinmanRochester$730K
- Jonathan JonischGreat Neck$726K
- Joseph PanarelliNew York$541K
- Eric RosenbergNew York$434K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.