Jeffrey Kessler
Neurology · Lake Success, NYNPI 1760469316
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 138 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 52.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $820 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $40 in 2025.
Across 138 payments — averaging $18.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novartis$304
- EMD Serono, Inc.$275
- MDD US Operations, LLC$130
- Bristol Myers Squibb$76
- Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC$71
- plus $336 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,526100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 70 | $1,334 |
| Novartis | 21 | $304 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 15 | $275 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 7 | $130 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $76 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Abbott | 1 | $46 |
| Biogen | 2 | $44 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $44 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Life Molecular Imaging Ltd | 1 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,526 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
Other neurology in Lake Success
- Denis OstrovskiyLake Success$231K
- Idan SharonBrooklyn$2.1M
- Allan PerelStaten Island$1.7M
- Nicolas SaikaliAmherst$1.5M
- David KreitzmanCommack$1.5M
- Charles ArgoffAlbany$1.2M
- Stephen KriegerNew York$1.1M
- Robert FeketeHawthorne$1M
- Jennifer McVigeAmherst$982K
- Warren SpinnerPort Jefferson Station$791K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.