Lester Fahrner
Dermatology · Champaign, ILNPI 1811903677
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.0% of the total across 56 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 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $1,774.
Across 56 payments — averaging $14.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$179
- Johnson & Johnson$140
- Lilly USA, LLC$131
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$59
- UCB, Inc.$52
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$44
- plus $198 from 8 others
Across 68 payments — averaging $3558.22 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.
- AbbVie$216K
- Pfizer$26K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$72390%
- Education$8010%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 14 | $179 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $140 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $131 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Amgen | 2 | $42 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $38 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $26 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $21 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $12 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $2 |
How this compares
$803 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 606 dermatology providers in Illinois.
Other dermatology in Champaign
- Craig NeitzelChampaign$321K
- Ahmad AminNaperville$4.1M
- Raj ChovatiyaChicago$3.6M
- George LewittNorthbrook$3M
- Peter LioChicago$2.4M
- Elizabeth KiracofeChicago$1.6M
- Lana SchmidtEffingham$1.3M
- Melissa AbramsVernon Hills$600K
- Carolyn JacobChicago$566K
- Walter LiszewskiChicago$414K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.