Melanie Lachman
Pediatrics · la Grange Highlands, ILNPI 1013174440
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.7% of the total across 124 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 11.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics clinicians in IL 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 124 payments — averaging $19.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$286
- Tris Pharma Inc$262
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$227
- Pfizer$175
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$149
- GSK$138
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,29195%
- Other$1295%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 19 | $286 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 17 | $262 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 9 | $227 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $175 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 12 | $149 |
| GSK | 7 | $138 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $129 |
| Sobi, Inc | 5 | $122 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $120 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 7 | $119 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $117 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 4 | $103 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $77 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,420 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,058 pediatrics providers in Illinois.
Other pediatrics in la Grange Highlands
- Amy PallerChicago$1.2M
- Jan BergerChicago$886K
- Jonathan RobertsPeoria$588K
- Anita Chandra PuriChicago$367K
- Mindy SimpsonChicago$318K
- Anthony ManciniChicago$187K
- Patricia ChiamasChicago$155K
- Ruchi GuptaChicago$94K
- Loris RaynerEvergreen Park$46K
- Dov ShapiroLincolnshire$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.