Irina Chibisov
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1467488841
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,964,947 of the $1,965,130 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Vitalant accounts for 91.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 64 payments — averaging $30,705 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vitalant$1.8M
- Institute For Transfusion Medicine$177K
- AstraZeneca$81
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$39
- Johnson & Johnson$25
- Sanofi$21
- plus $16 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,964,947100%
- Food & beverage$1830%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vitalant | 54 | $1,787,709 |
| Institute For Transfusion Medicine | 1 | $177,239 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $81 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $25 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $21 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
Too few blood banking & transfusion medicine providers in Pennsylvaniato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other blood banking & transfusion medicine in Pittsburgh
- Minh Ha TranPittsburgh$6K
- Frank StroblGarnet Valley$113K
- Taku KambayashiPhiladelphia$52K
- Deborah NovakWilkes Barre$27K
- Vijay BhojPhiladelphia$7K
- Jay HermanPhiladelphia$456
- Donald KuttnerBethlehem$206
- Elsie LeeAllentown$153
- Cathy LittyPhiladelphia$50
- Nguyet lePhiladelphia$33
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.