Michael Fairfax
Rheumatology · Gilbert, AZNPI 1518068063
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 57 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 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $3,203.
Across 57 payments — averaging $19.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$236
- Amgen$191
- Pfizer$180
- Sanofi$113
- AbbVie$96
- Novartis$61
- plus $226 from 8 others
Across 75 payments — averaging $3613.80 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.
- AbbVie$96K
- Eli Lilly$95K
- Gilead$63K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$12K
- Pfizer$5K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,09599%
- Education$71%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $236 |
| Amgen | 10 | $191 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $180 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $113 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $96 |
| Novartis | 3 | $61 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| GSK | 3 | $42 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,103 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 102 rheumatology providers in Arizona.
Other rheumatology in Gilbert
- Brittany PanicoGilbert$374K
- Joon Hee LimGilbert$35K
- Daniel KreutzGilbert$27K
- Shiva MalatyGilbert$4K
- Nehad SolomanPhoenix$1.3M
- John TesserPhoenix$999K
- Joy SchechtmanPeoria$860K
- Mona AminGlendale$446K
- Amer Al-KhoudariChandler$369K
- Andrew SharobeemGlendale$231K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.