Jeffrey Berenberg
Hematology & Oncology · Tamc, HINPI 1275523250
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $302 of the $472 with a category attached, or 64.0%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 33.0% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in HI, where the typical reported total is $1,482.
Across 9 payments — averaging $52.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$156
- Gilead$145
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$123
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$17
- Genentech, Inc.$16
- Acrotech Biopharma Inc.$14
Across 3 payments — averaging $383,142 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$676K
- Amgen$474K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$30264%
- Education$17036%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 4 | $156 |
| Gilead | 1 | $145 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acrotech Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$472 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 42 hematology & oncology providers in Hawaii.
Other hematology & oncology in Tamc
- Tamie KernsHonolulu$48K
- David TamuraHonolulu$31K
- Melvin PalalayHonolulu$20K
- Ryon NakasoneHonolulu$20K
- Arnold YeeHonolulu$17K
- Jared AcobaHonolulu$15K
- Swaty AroraHonolulu$15K
- Ramin AltahaWailuku$13K
- William LouiHonolulu$12K
- Jodi KagiharaHonolulu$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.