Jeffrey Kirshner, MD
Hematology & Oncology · East Syracuse, NYNPI 1447230420
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.8%), education and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shockwave Medical, Inc at 37.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $81, 3.3 times the $25 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $1,337.
Across 8 payments — averaging $20.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$61
- Welch Allyn$34
- AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$20
- Clovis Oncology, Inc.$13
- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.$12
- Merck$12
- plus $12 from 1 others
Across 214 payments — averaging $650.90 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.
- Pfizer$117K
- AstraZeneca$16K
- Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company$5K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$975
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7848%
- Education$5232%
- Gifts$3421%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $61 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $34 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 2 | $13 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$164 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 967 hematology & oncology providers in New York.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $10,297 |
| Anastrozole | 211 | $2,112 |
| Estradiol | 12 | $1,483 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 124 | $1,266 |
| Exemestane | 18 | $1,049 |
| Hydroxyurea | 12 | $185 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in East Syracuse
- Michael SchusterNew York$1.6M
- Charles SawyersNew York$1.6M
- Manuel Hidalgo-MedinaNew York$1.4M
- Francis ArenaLake Success$1M
- Sanjeev JainEast Patchogue$971K
- Ross LevineNew York$968K
- Perry CookBrooklyn$803K
- Mihir RavalAlbany$767K
- Joshua SabariNew York$761K
- Gail RobozNew York$738K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.