Julie Robinson
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 130 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 46.5% of the total.
Across 130 payments — averaging $12.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$785
- UCB, Inc.$124
- Sanofi$96
- Novartis$93
- EMD Serono, Inc.$78
- Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC$72
- plus $439 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$141%
- Food & beverage$1,67499%
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 | 79 | $785 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $124 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $96 |
| Novartis | 7 | $93 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 4 | $72 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $67 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 3 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $36 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $26 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,688 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
Other neurology in Bronx
- Richard LiptonBronx$753K
- Michael ThorpyBronx$232K
- Rene ElkinBronx$186K
- Idan SharonBrooklyn$2.1M
- Allan PerelStaten Island$1.7M
- Nicolas SaikaliAmherst$1.5M
- David KreitzmanCommack$1.5M
- Charles ArgoffAlbany$1.2M
- Stephen KriegerNew York$1.1M
- Robert FeketeHawthorne$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.