Robert Schwarcz
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck · New York, NYNPI 1649260746
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $153,140 of the $187,910 with a category attached, or 81.5%. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 72.2% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $52,655 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $6,475 in 2025. Among plastic surgery within the head and neck clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 222 payments — averaging $846.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$136K
- Amgen$51K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$552
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$216
- AbbVie$110
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$77
Across 11 payments — averaging $10,889 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.
- Merz North America, Inc.$120K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,7006%
- Speaking & faculty fees$153,14081%
- Travel & lodging$16,9879%
- Food & beverage$7,0734%
- Education$100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 92 | $135,746 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 120 | $51,209 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $552 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $110 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
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
$187,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 45 plastic surgery within the head and neck providers in New York.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 19 | $658 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 11 | $291 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $97 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 15 | $96 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head and neck in New York
- Eric CohenNew York$9K
- Erich VoigtNew York$6K
- George BraunNew York$4K
- Adrian OngNew York$3K
- Thomas RomoNew York$3K
- Solomon HusainNew York$3K
- Guy LinNew York$2K
- Abraham ZimmNew York$1K
- Wojciech DecNew York$1K
- David EdelsteinNew York$773
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.