Lena Draus
Physician Assistant · Wheaton, ILNPI 1891376422
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 96 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $871, 5.1 times the $170 reported in 2021.
Across 96 payments — averaging $26.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dexcom, Inc.$484
- Stryker$455
- Insulet Corporation$172
- Novo Nordisk$151
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$150
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$148
- plus $958 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,517100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexcom, Inc. | 11 | $484 |
| Stryker | 5 | $455 |
| Insulet Corporation | 11 | $172 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $151 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 8 | $150 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $148 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $137 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $133 |
| Abbott | 6 | $119 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $71 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $25 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- CHARLOTTE$162
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$147
How this compares
$2,517 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Other physician assistant in Wheaton
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Christopher AricoSkokie$407K
- Karlijn BurridgeWestmont$144K
- Ian MackeySkokie$135K
- Stephanie TraceyItasca$122K
- Olabimpe PhilipsAddison$103K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Darrel CutlerHerrin$74K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.