Robert Stern
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1790847366
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Ortho Organizers, Inc..
Across 1 payment — averaging $25.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ortho Organizers, Inc.$25
Across 20 payments — averaging $46,005 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.
- Eli Lilly$782K
- Novartis$138K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$25100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ortho Organizers, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
How this compares
Too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Massachusettsto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Boston
- William RecuperoDartmouth$3K
- Cormac DepanWorcester$200
- Robert DolanBurlington$176
- Albert FoxN Dartmouth$161
- David KieffWellesley$68
- Louis InsalacoStoneham$24
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.