Paul Ziajka
Winter Park, FLNPI 1669444121
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $62,637 of the $73,111 with a category attached, or 85.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $29,859 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $642 in 2022.
Across 284 payments — averaging $257.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$34K
- Amgen$16K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$16K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$5K
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$675
- plus $294 from 5 others
Across 33 payments — averaging $5198.44 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.
- Amgen$138K
- Regeneron$34K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$100
- Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd$50
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5921%
- Speaking & faculty fees$62,63786%
- Travel & lodging$6,0608%
- Food & beverage$3,8155%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 36 | $33,545 |
| Amgen | 39 | $15,972 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 18 | $15,903 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 33 | $5,354 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 139 | $1,368 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $675 |
| Regeneron | 5 | $128 |
| Novartis | 4 | $83 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 2 | $36 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.