Kelvin Kwong
Pediatric Otolaryngology · New Brunswick, NJNPI 1184820201
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $42,200, more than ten times the $45 reported in 2020.
Across 168 payments — averaging $696.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$117K
- Cochlear Americas$149
- Ambu Inc.$85
- Med-el Corporation$79
- ICU Medical Inc$64
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$30
- plus $16 from 1 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $964.50 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,08828%
- Speaking & faculty fees$58,05650%
- Travel & lodging$20,16217%
- Food & beverage$5,6935%
- Education$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 158 | $116,592 |
| Cochlear Americas | 2 | $149 |
| Ambu Inc. | 3 | $85 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $79 |
| ICU Medical Inc | 1 | $64 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $16 |
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.
- Coblation$173,030
- Halo$79,135
- Rapid Rhino$39,513
- TULA$35,381
- RF20000$26,722
- ENT Sinus$15,467
- KVAC$750
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$268
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$129
- Baha$129
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$129
How this compares
Too few pediatric otolaryngology providers in New Jerseyto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric otolaryngology in New Brunswick
- Diana TraquinaNew Brunswick$2K
- Lilun LiNew Brunswick$574
- Ruwaa SamarraiNew Brunswick$173
- Ryan WalkerCherry Hill$30K
- Brian ManziLivingston$11K
- Michael TavillShrewsbury$4K
- Conor BlancoWestfield$3K
- Michael CheeHackensack$2K
- Bruce EdelmanEast Brunswick$1K
- Sharyar SamadiParamus$654
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.