Nicole Vales-Buckwald
Pediatrics · West New York, NJNPI 1801069521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 139 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics clinicians in NJ 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 139 payments — averaging $20.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$537
- Kaleo, Inc.$424
- ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.$264
- Merck$221
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$188
- Pfizer$176
- plus $971 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,782100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 21 | $537 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 22 | $424 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 3 | $264 |
| Merck | 15 | $221 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 7 | $188 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $176 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 9 | $170 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 8 | $111 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 5 | $89 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $87 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $61 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $58 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $55 |
| Biogen | 2 | $41 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Cognoa, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,890 pediatrics providers in New Jersey.
Other pediatrics in West New York
- Donna Hutton-CassieWest New York$2K
- Steven MateretskyHackensack$290K
- Sara RaymondMorristown$288K
- Andrew MulbergCamden$264K
- Bram GreenbergLakewood$200K
- David ApelianBoonton$149K
- Christopher AmatoGibbsboro$34K
- Syeda Amna HusainMarlboro$27K
- Nika DouvikasJersey City$27K
- Melanie DegliuominiHackensack$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.