Michael Shishov
Pediatric Rheumatology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1972552396
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Novartis accounts for 62.1% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,407 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $282 in 2025.
Across 111 payments — averaging $255.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$18K
- AbbVie$5K
- Pfizer$4K
- GSK$558
- Amgen$463
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$259
- plus $409 from 11 others
Across 57 payments — averaging $3800.87 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.
- Pfizer$143K
- GSK$49K
- AbbVie$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,64020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,93060%
- Travel & lodging$2,95010%
- Food & beverage$2,86410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 22 | $17,624 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $5,332 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $3,740 |
| GSK | 13 | $558 |
| Amgen | 26 | $463 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $259 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $128 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $62 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $35 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
Too few pediatric rheumatology providers in Arizonato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric rheumatology in Phoenix
- Kaleo EdePhoenix$12K
- Elisa WershbaPhoenix$2K
- Nikita GoswamiPhoenix$1K
- Geoffrey ThielePhoenix$343
- Marci MacaraegTucson$368
- Courtney JohnsonMesa$26
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.