Paula Silverman
Hematology & Oncology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1265452825
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 15 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 11 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $2,354.
Across 15 payments — averaging $15.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$45
- Lilly USA, LLC$27
- AstraZeneca$27
- Amgen$25
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$23
- Tesaro, Inc.$18
- plus $69 from 5 others
Across 41 payments — averaging $58,259 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.
- Novartis$2M
- Radius Health, Inc.$142K
- Eisai Inc.$135K
- GSK$38K
- Eli Lilly$37K
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$235100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 3 | $45 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$235 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 450 hematology & oncology providers in Ohio.
Other hematology & oncology in Cleveland
- Hillard LazarusCleveland$2M
- Ronald BukowskiCleveland$594K
- Balazs HalmosCleveland$568K
- Jorge GarciaCleveland$513K
- Bachar DerghamCleveland$387K
- Brian HillCleveland$316K
- Dale ShepardCleveland$314K
- Sakti ChakrabartiCleveland$301K
- Keith McCraeCleveland$215K
- Megan KruseCleveland$166K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.