John Welter
Pediatric Pulmonology · Hawthorne, NYNPI 1235139684
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Vertex accounts for 90.3% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,794 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $160 in 2025.
Across 23 payments — averaging $94.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$2K
- Viatris Specialty LLC$131
- GSK$30
- Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.$30
- AbbVie$20
Across 60 payments — averaging $13,051 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.
- Vertex$757K
- AbbVie$22K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$4K
- Vivus LLC$616
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,11652%
- Food & beverage$1,05048%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 19 | $1,955 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $131 |
| GSK | 1 | $30 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
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.
- TOBI Podhaler$131
How this compares
$2,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 102 pediatric pulmonology providers in New York.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Hawthorne
- Nikhil AminHawthorne$4K
- Joseph BoyerHawthorne$2K
- Suzette GjonajHawthorne$1K
- Sankaran KrishnanHawthorne$1K
- Christy KimHawthorne$705
- Yehudit PollackHawthorne$696
- Agnes BanquetHawthorne$256
- Elizabeth de la Riva-VelascoHawthorne$226
- Youngsook Cathy KimHawthorne$202
- Catherine KierStony Brook$176K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.