Kenneth Pienta
Medical Oncology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1649356510
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 59.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,200 and has fallen 72.5% since, to $2,800 in 2023.
Across 11 payments — averaging $1988.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$13K
- Astellas Pharma Inc$6K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Sanofi$573
Across 3 payments — averaging $417,497 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.
- AstraZeneca$667K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$586K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,30038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,00059%
- Travel & lodging$3201%
- Food & beverage$2541%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 6 | $13,000 |
| Astellas Pharma Inc | 2 | $5,700 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $2,600 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $573 |
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.
- XTANDI$18,700
- PYLARIFY$2,600
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$573
How this compares
$21,873 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 180 medical oncology providers in Maryland.
Other medical oncology in Baltimore
- Mario EisenbergerBaltimore$2.9M
- David SidranskyBaltimore$520K
- Carole MillerBaltimore$331K
- Mark LevisBaltimore$323K
- Tanguy Lim-SeiwertBaltimore$301K
- Shruti ChaturvediBaltimore$265K
- Sandy KotiahBaltimore$247K
- Bruce SmithBaltimore$235K
- Evan LipsonBaltimore$228K
- Nilofer AzadBaltimore$143K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.