Jong Choi
Pain Medicine · Tucker, GANPI 1295845584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 206 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,115 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $56 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $2,366.
Across 206 payments — averaging $11.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$515
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$204
- Pfizer$176
- Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc.$101
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$97
- plus $171 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,333100%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 90 | $1,076 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 61 | $515 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 16 | $204 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $176 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $101 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,341 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 203 pain medicine providers in Georgia.
Other pain medicine in Tucker
- Efosa OgiamienTucker$5K
- Rutvij ShahColumbus$86K
- Siddardth UmapathyFort Eisenhower$41K
- Susheel DuaAtlanta$36K
- Subodh AgrawalAthens$34K
- Jose MathewLawrenceville$27K
- Zhuo SunAugusta$26K
- Maged HamzaGainesville$24K
- Ankur PatelGainesville$21K
- Margaret RisoGainesville$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.