Jordan Weitzner
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Canton, GANPI 1992026140
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 102 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $513 and has fallen 81.2% since, to $96 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $20.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$729
- Sanofi$351
- Johnson & Johnson$200
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$175
- Merck$153
- Novo Nordisk$125
- plus $378 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$131%
- Food & beverage$2,09999%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 48 | $729 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $351 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $200 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $175 |
| Merck | 4 | $153 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $59 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $28 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $15 |
| Organon | 1 | $15 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $8 |
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
$2,111 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 44 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Georgia.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Canton
- Benjamin GoldAtlanta$79K
- Subramaniam KugathasanAtlanta$47K
- Nitika GuptaAtlanta$28K
- Stanley CohenAtlanta$25K
- Jeffery LewisAtlanta$9K
- Rene RomeroAtlanta$7K
- Seth MarcusAtlanta$7K
- Noel IsraelMacon$3K
- Jeffrey BlumenthalAtlanta$2K
- Nirav PatelAtlanta$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.