Ronald Weitzner
Rheumatology · Sarasota, FLNPI 1942285937
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 341 payments — averaging $49.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$11K
- Amgen$1K
- Novartis$852
- GSK$546
- Pfizer$501
- Johnson & Johnson$450
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,320100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 50 | $10,761 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 48 | $1,006 |
| Novartis | 58 | $852 |
| GSK | 31 | $546 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $501 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 26 | $450 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $372 |
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $369 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $360 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 8 | $355 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $287 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $269 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $244 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 8 | $124 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $83 |
| Sobi, Inc | 5 | $77 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $63 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$16,976 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
Other rheumatology in Sarasota
- Yoel DruckerSarasota$1.2M
- Jesse BoodooSarasota$1M
- Martha Hernandez IllasFort Lauderdale$25M
- Carlos SesinMiami Beach$19M
- Guillermo ValenzuelaPlantation$14.2M
- Marimer Rensoli VelazquezMiami$12.2M
- Robert LevinClearwater$11M
- Jigar ShahMargate$5.6M
- Michael BubbGainesville$3.3M
- Vipul JoshiBrandon$3.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.