Patrick Aufiero
Infectious Disease · Hamilton, NJNPI 1649295270
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.8% of the total across 370 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,482 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $66 in 2023.
Across 370 payments — averaging $12.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$1K
- AbbVie$797
- Gilead$703
- Merck$490
- Johnson & Johnson$433
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$381
- plus $705 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,42497%
- Education$1483%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 88 | $1,064 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 70 | $797 |
| Gilead | 66 | $703 |
| Merck | 37 | $490 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $433 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 30 | $381 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $130 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 1 | $99 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 6 | $80 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 6 | $77 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $69 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $29 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $11 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$4,572 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 334 infectious disease providers in New Jersey.
Other infectious disease in Hamilton
- Seth RosenbaumHamilton$19K
- Syed HusainHamilton$4K
- Keith GottesdienerRahway$2.1M
- Jihad SlimNewark$2.1M
- Maria SzabelaNewark$474K
- Ronald NahassHillsborough$213K
- Christopher LucastiSomers Point$112K
- Spartaco BellomoJersey City$111K
- Jack BoghossianBayonne$97K
- Adriana GrigoriuJersey City$89K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.