Richard Weisman
Neurology · Towson, MDNPI 1396746640
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 75 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,484 and has fallen 83.3% since, to $248 in 2024.
Across 75 payments — averaging $34.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$417
- Biogen$302
- Amgen$287
- AbbVie$260
- AstraZeneca$256
- Sanofi$245
- plus $820 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$201%
- Food & beverage$2,56799%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 10 | $417 |
| Biogen | 8 | $302 |
| Amgen | 4 | $287 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $260 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $256 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $245 |
| Novartis | 8 | $148 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $134 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $131 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $49 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $36 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $29 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $17 |
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
$2,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.
Other neurology in Towson
- Daniel BeckerLutherville$1.6M
- Sangjin OhGlen Burnie$1.5M
- Pavel KleinBethesda$709K
- Ruwani GunawardaneFulton$479K
- Michael PolydefkisBaltimore$371K
- David CornblathLutherville$345K
- Shiv SaidhaBaltimore$298K
- Santiago Mazuera MesiaBaltimore$258K
- Bruce RabinLutherville$228K
- Thomas CrawfordBaltimore$215K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.