Kristen Kuk
Ophthalmology · Forest, VANPI 1699965947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 109 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.8% of the total.
Across 109 payments — averaging $19.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$564
- Lilly USA, LLC$245
- Novartis$223
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$214
- Amgen$133
- Pfizer$129
- plus $599 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,107100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 28 | $564 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $245 |
| Novartis | 10 | $223 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 12 | $214 |
| Amgen | 7 | $133 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $123 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Incyte Corporation | 4 | $80 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $54 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $37 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,107 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 509 ophthalmology providers in Virginia.
Other ophthalmology in Forest
- Ethnie JonesRichmond$2M
- Elizabeth Yeu-LinNorfolk$1.7M
- John SheppardNorfolk$1.1M
- Constance OkekeNorfolk$800K
- Marc OdrichCharlottesville$497K
- Jayakrishna AmbatiCharlottesville$116K
- Thomas JolyNorfolk$95K
- Stephen ScoperNorfolk$88K
- Leonard RappaportPortsmouth$85K
- Soheila RostamiReston$73K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.