Paulpoj Chiranand, MD
Retina Specialist · Chicago, ILNPI 1639377260
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (36.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alimera Sciences, Inc. at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,344 and has fallen 83.1% since, to $1,241 in 2025.
Across 105 payments — averaging $160.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$7K
- AbbVie$6K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Alcon$948
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$269
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$234
- plus $1K from 12 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $4850.00 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.
- AbbVie$10K
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,96529%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,20037%
- Food & beverage$5,65334%
- Entertainment$240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 11 | $6,744 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 43 | $6,436 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $1,172 |
| Alcon | 7 | $948 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 3 | $269 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $234 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $203 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $134 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $117 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Novartis | 2 | $29 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Iluvien$6,560
- OZURDEX$1,661
- EYLEA$484
- Constellation$400
- Unity$281
- EYLEA HD$240
- YUTIQ$238
- ACTHAR$138
- NGENUITY$136
- AcrySof$130
- IHEEZO$125
- TRIESENCE$125
- Syfovre$124
- Izervay$119
- ENVISTA$116
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$110
- Tecnis Symfony Toric IOL$110
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$110
How this compares
$16,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 70 retina specialist providers in Illinois.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 93 | $3,264 |
| Brinzolamide | 12 | $1,676 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 58 | $1,610 |
| Latanoprost | 146 | $1,546 |
| Difluprednate | 14 | $1,538 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 30 | $428 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 13 | $336 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 11 | $248 |
| Timolol Maleate | 50 | $244 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 17 | $163 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other retina specialist in Chicago
- Rahul KomatiChicago$143K
- Veena RaijiChicago$69K
- Jeffrey ParnellChicago$27K
- Henry FengChicago$16K
- Shaun IttiaraChicago$9K
- Sarah SyedaChicago$6K
- Saagar PanditChicago$6K
- Daniel BalikovChicago$3K
- Emily ShepherdChicago$3K
- John WilguckiChicago$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.