Joe Zuerker
Gastroenterology · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1780693309
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 143 payments — averaging $16.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$471
- AbbVie$446
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$295
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$182
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$125
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$106
- plus $782 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,25994%
- Education$422%
- Gifts$1074%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 33 | $471 |
| AbbVie | 29 | $446 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 16 | $295 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 12 | $182 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $125 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 2 | $106 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Novartis | 4 | $66 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $59 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Merck | 4 | $53 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Seagen Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $36 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $30 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $15 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
| G1 Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,407 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 133 gastroenterology providers in Oklahoma.
Other gastroenterology in Oklahoma City
- Tauseef AliOklahoma City$2.1M
- David StokesberryOklahoma City$1.7M
- George SalemOklahoma City$1.2M
- Matthew McBrideOklahoma City$741K
- Richard HartyOklahoma City$462K
- Hussein BitarOklahoma City$184K
- Neil CrittendenOklahoma City$143K
- Pooja SinghalOklahoma City$140K
- Trushar PatelOklahoma City$49K
- Sumit WaliaOklahoma City$48K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.