Poonam Bherwani
Pediatrics · Danbury, CTNPI 1578826814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 97 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $794 and has fallen 76.4% since, to $187 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 97 payments — averaging $24.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$456
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$425
- Merck$223
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$214
- Corium, LLC$172
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$165
- plus $750 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,406100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 21 | $456 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $425 |
| Merck | 13 | $223 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 13 | $214 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $172 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 6 | $165 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $120 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $104 |
| GSK | 4 | $76 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $61 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 2 | $39 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $33 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Phadia US 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
$2,406 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 681 pediatrics providers in Connecticut.
Other pediatrics in Danbury
- Bruce CohenDanbury$5K
- Rachel RothschildDanbury$3K
- Aaron SlaibyDanbury$3K
- Jamie AlonDanbury$3K
- Jose ArraianoDanbury$2K
- Alan MuneyDarien$369K
- Amanda ZuseHartford$45K
- Nicholas BennettHartford$37K
- William ZempskyHartford$35K
- Eugene ShapiroNew Haven$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.