Melanie Chatterji
Rheumatology · Westminster, MDNPI 1053371492
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 86 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,393 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $21 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $2,316.
Across 86 payments — averaging $18.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$249
- Johnson & Johnson$183
- Novartis$152
- AbbVie$128
- UCB, Inc.$102
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$94
- plus $721 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,629100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $249 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $183 |
| Novartis | 9 | $152 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $128 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $94 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $93 |
| GSK | 5 | $81 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 4 | $79 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $73 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $61 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 173 rheumatology providers in Maryland.
Other rheumatology in Westminster
- Aaron HeathWestminster$13K
- Evan SiegelRockville$594K
- Donald ThomasGreenbelt$471K
- Edmund MaclaughlinEaston$410K
- Michelle PetriBaltimore$381K
- Herbert BarafWheaton$268K
- Elizabeth ClaytonEaston$244K
- Alan MatsumotoWheaton$185K
- Nasser NasseriaslCatonsville$136K
- Marc HochbergBaltimore$124K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.