Lisa Saiman
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · New York, NYNPI 1306819404
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.5%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Merck accounts for 85.5% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $40,693 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $935 in 2025. Among pediatric infectious diseases clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 50 payments — averaging $1464.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$63K
- AstraZeneca$5K
- Pfizer$4K
- Seqirus USA Inc$1K
Across 25 payments — averaging $35,613 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.
- Merck$890K
- Regeneron$563
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$33,48046%
- Consulting fees$35,48948%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0001%
- Travel & lodging$2,4993%
- Food & beverage$7731%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 39 | $62,587 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $5,194 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $4,335 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $1,125 |
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
$73,241 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 73 pediatric infectious diseases providers in New York.
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Other pediatric infectious diseases in New York
- Philip LarussaNew York$125K
- Betsy HeroldNew York$12K
- Adam RatnerNew York$5K
- Anne GershonNew York$3K
- Christine SalvatoreNew York$3K
- Natalie NeuNew York$2K
- Paul SueNew York$2K
- Candace JohnsonNew York$1K
- Alice PrinceNew York$120
- Margaret MacdonaldNew York$105
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.