James Labelle
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Chicago, ILNPI 1700060472
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Vertex accounts for 80.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $42,065, more than ten times the $3,259 reported in 2019. Among pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 59 payments — averaging $1487.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$71K
- Pfizer$7K
- AbbVie$6K
- Novartis$3K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$99
Across 18 payments — averaging $22,684 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.
- Novartis$273K
- AbbVie$135K
- Gilead$520
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,52055%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,84526%
- Travel & lodging$14,88917%
- Food & beverage$1,4022%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 45 | $70,994 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $7,434 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $5,865 |
| Novartis | 5 | $3,363 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $99 |
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
$87,755 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 78 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Illinois.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Chicago
- Alexis ThompsonChicago$1.6M
- Sherif BadawyChicago$329K
- Leonard ValentinoChicago$132K
- Susan CohnChicago$127K
- Miriam BornhorstChicago$83K
- Loretta LiChicago$75K
- Sonali ChaudhuryChicago$53K
- Stewart GoldmanChicago$51K
- David JacobsohnChicago$38K
- Angela WaandersChicago$32K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.