Keith Gottesdiener
Infectious Disease · Rahway, NJNPI 1821150376
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,121,544 of the $2,131,252 with a category attached, or 99.5%. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. accounts for 74.4% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $639,947 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $21,500 in 2025. Among infectious disease clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 89 payments — averaging $23,947 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$1.6M
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$545K
- Novo Nordisk AS$104
- EMD Serono, Inc.$96
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,121,544100%
- Travel & lodging$9,4330%
- Food & beverage$2750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 66 | $1,585,574 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | $545,478 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 1 | $104 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
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.
- OCALIVA$489,838
How this compares
$2,131,252 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 334 infectious disease providers in New Jersey.
Other infectious disease in Rahway
- Jihad SlimNewark$2.1M
- Maria SzabelaNewark$474K
- Ronald NahassHillsborough$213K
- Christopher LucastiSomers Point$112K
- Spartaco BellomoJersey City$111K
- Jack BoghossianBayonne$97K
- Adriana GrigoriuJersey City$89K
- Sukrut DwivediOakhurst$75K
- Bindu BalaniHackensack$65K
- Shobha SwaminathanNewark$60K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.