Kenneth Friedman
Hematology & Oncology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1124079082
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $59,842 of the $91,975 with a category attached, or 65.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 32.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $29,142 and has fallen 74.4% since, to $7,468 in 2025. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 125 payments — averaging $735.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$30K
- Instrumentation Laboratory Company$25K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$18K
- AstraZeneca$12K
- Bayer$2K
- Pfizer$2K
- plus $3K from 8 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $10,784 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.
- Instrumentation Laboratory Company$41K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$32K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$312
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$59,84265%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,10012%
- Travel & lodging$17,20319%
- Food & beverage$3,4654%
- Education$3650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 25 | $29,814 |
| Instrumentation Laboratory Company | 26 | $24,858 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $17,955 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $11,694 |
| Bayer | 3 | $2,273 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $2,262 |
| CSL Behring | 19 | $1,360 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 9 | $1,122 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $205 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $78 |
| Bio Products Laboratory USA, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $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.
How this compares
$91,975 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 248 hematology & oncology providers in Wisconsin.
Other hematology & oncology in Milwaukee
- Parameswaran HariMilwaukee$1.3M
- Sayed Mehdi HamadaniMilwaukee$546K
- Binod DhakalMilwaukee$535K
- Deepak KilariMilwaukee$359K
- Ehab AtallahMilwaukee$344K
- Nirav ShahMilwaukee$207K
- Razelle KurzrockMilwaukee$199K
- Syed AbutalibMilwaukee$154K
- Patrick FoyMilwaukee$132K
- Guru Subramanian Guru MurthyMilwaukee$113K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.