Michael Bolton
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1487864708
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 8 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 8 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $51 and has fallen 64.7% since, to $18 in 2025.
Across 8 payments — averaging $22.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$35
- Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$24
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$23
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$22
- AbbVie$21
- Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC$20
- plus $33 from 2 others
Across 152 payments — averaging $4301.03 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$573K
- Merck$70K
- Pfizer$11K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$179100%
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 | 1 | $35 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
Too few pediatric infectious diseases providers in Louisianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric infectious diseases in Baton Rouge
- Adaora UzodiBaton Rouge$625
- Sandra GuerguisBaton Rouge$146
- Karen WilliamsBaton Rouge$105
- Joseph BocchiniShreveport$77K
- John VanchiereShreveport$15K
- Patricia Pichilingue RetoShreveport$10K
- Gayatri MiraniNew Orleans$5K
- Russell VandykeNew Orleans$4K
- Margarita SilioNew Orleans$3K
- Monika DietrichNew Orleans$197
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.