Karen Vitkus
Family · East Syracuse, NYNPI 1396150603
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 139 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,648 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $31 in 2023.
Across 139 payments — averaging $14.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$356
- Lilly USA, LLC$219
- GSK$209
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$182
- Novo Nordisk$168
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$129
- plus $752 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,015100%
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 | 27 | $356 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $219 |
| GSK | 18 | $209 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 | $182 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $168 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $129 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $128 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $76 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $50 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $48 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Gilead | 1 | $31 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $22 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,015 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,883 family providers in New York.
Other family in East Syracuse
- Christina NalboneNew York$197K
- Casey GrilloNew York$191K
- Suzanne WilsonIthaca$179K
- Jonathan LesuerSyracuse$172K
- Sheri HillNorth Syracuse$165K
- Cathrine CurtinBronxville$155K
- Mary Sullivan-WhalenNew York$137K
- Sarah AljahmiRockville Centre$87K
- John de OcaStaten Island$86K
- Fara StrickerGlen Oaks$85K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.