Robert Liem
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Chicago, ILNPI 1548238926
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,657 of the $1,953 with a category attached, or 84.9%. Novartis accounts for 65.4% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 9 payments — averaging $217.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- CSL Behring$659
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$16
Across 66 payments — averaging $27,632 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.
- Vertex$1.2M
- Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc$491K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$99K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,65785%
- Food & beverage$28014%
- Education$161%
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 | 4 | $1,278 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $659 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ADAKVEO$951
How this compares
$1,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 78 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Illinois.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Chicago
- Alexis ThompsonChicago$1.6M
- Sherif BadawyChicago$329K
- Leonard ValentinoChicago$132K
- Susan CohnChicago$127K
- James LabelleChicago$88K
- Miriam BornhorstChicago$83K
- Loretta LiChicago$75K
- Sonali ChaudhuryChicago$53K
- Stewart GoldmanChicago$51K
- David JacobsohnChicago$38K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.