Ruby Kochhar
Hematology & Oncology · Hampton, VANPI 1356457964
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $173,783 of the $235,636 with a category attached, or 73.8%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 36.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $114,339 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $825 in 2025. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in VA 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 257 payments — averaging $916.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$87K
- Seagen Inc.$65K
- Pfizer$45K
- Array Biopharma Inc$29K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$9K
- Sanofi$650
- plus $369 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8250%
- Speaking & faculty fees$173,78374%
- Travel & lodging$53,51323%
- Food & beverage$7,5153%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 79 | $86,583 |
| Seagen Inc. | 65 | $64,680 |
| Pfizer | 66 | $45,024 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 32 | $29,214 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 11 | $9,117 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $650 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $350 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
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
$235,636 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 293 hematology & oncology providers in Virginia.
Other hematology & oncology in Hampton
- Mark FlemingHampton$71K
- Victor YazbeckRichmond$190K
- David ChangNewport News$141K
- William ErshlerFairfax$139K
- Yue ZhangVirginia Beach$105K
- Jerome GoldschmidtChristiansburg$105K
- Attique SamdaniRichmond$104K
- Gary SimmonsNorfolk$82K
- Sekwon JangFairfax$56K
- Craig PortellCharlottesville$48K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.