John Walker
Pediatrics · South Windsor, CTNPI 1275500936
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.8% of the total across 101 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $677, 3.9 times the $175 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics clinicians in CT 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 101 payments — averaging $23.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$263
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$258
- Merck$233
- Welch Allyn$220
- GSK$202
- Sobi, Inc$200
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,16991%
- Other$2209%
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 | 11 | $263 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 17 | $258 |
| Merck | 12 | $233 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $220 |
| GSK | 9 | $202 |
| Sobi, Inc | 6 | $200 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $164 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $147 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $114 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $91 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $86 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 6 | $85 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p. | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,390 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 681 pediatrics providers in Connecticut.
Other pediatrics in South Windsor
- Frederic BernsteinSouth Windsor$4K
- Alan MuneyDarien$369K
- Amanda ZuseHartford$45K
- Nicholas BennettHartford$37K
- William ZempskyHartford$35K
- Eugene ShapiroNew Haven$15K
- John DubazDarien$9K
- Anthony WayneAnsonia$7K
- Kweku SamMiddlebury$6K
- Robert LavalleeAnsonia$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.