Kelly Pendergrass
Hematology & Oncology · Lees Summit, MONPI 1639140221
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $139,635 of the $188,858 with a category attached, or 73.9%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 57.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $85,178 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $392 in 2025. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in MO 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 204 payments — averaging $925.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$108K
- AbbVie$49K
- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.$17K
- Amgen$14K
- Novocure Inc.$685
- Taiho Oncology, Inc.$125
- plus $273 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,8852%
- Speaking & faculty fees$139,63574%
- Travel & lodging$42,63323%
- Food & beverage$3,6732%
- Education$320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 115 | $108,105 |
| AbbVie | 56 | $49,288 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 17 | $16,812 |
| Amgen | 10 | $13,570 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $685 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $125 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $118 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $19 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
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
$188,858 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 211 hematology & oncology providers in Missouri.
Other hematology & oncology in Lees Summit
- Zhineng YangLees Summit$9K
- Ryan RaderLees Summit$7K
- David SchlossmanColumbia$1.2M
- Mark FeslerSaint Louis$870K
- Jonathan MizrahiSaint Louis$188K
- Shahzad RazaKansas City$123K
- Stephanie GraffKansas City$105K
- Muhammad MirzaWashington$65K
- Yifan TuSt. Louis$64K
- Whitney HensingKansas City$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.