Lourdes Esteban
Neurology · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1821022856
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,331 of the $1,489 with a category attached, or 89.4%. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $513 and has fallen 93.3% since, to $34 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $20.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$290
- UCB, Inc.$174
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$158
- Biogen$142
- Lilly USA, LLC$116
- Novartis$95
- plus $514 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$15811%
- Food & beverage$1,33189%
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(2 entities) | 13 | $290 |
| UCB, Inc. | 11 | $174 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 9 | $158 |
| Biogen | 7 | $142 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $116 |
| Novartis | 5 | $95 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $86 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $64 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Amgen | 2 | $44 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $38 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $20 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,489 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
Other neurology in Brooklyn
- Idan SharonBrooklyn$2.1M
- Karen Blitz ShabbirBrooklyn$220K
- Allan PerelStaten Island$1.7M
- Nicolas SaikaliAmherst$1.5M
- David KreitzmanCommack$1.5M
- Charles ArgoffAlbany$1.2M
- Stephen KriegerNew York$1.1M
- Robert FeketeHawthorne$1M
- Jennifer McVigeAmherst$982K
- Warren SpinnerPort Jefferson Station$791K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.