Russell Brandwein
Physician Assistant · New York, NYNPI 1306985718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (31.8%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 78.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among physician assistant 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 272 payments — averaging $162.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$35K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$125
- Abiomed$53
- plus $38 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,10032%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,92022%
- Travel & lodging$7,61417%
- Food & beverage$12,36628%
- Other$2821%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 110 | $34,636 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 120 | $6,099 |
| Medtronic | 19 | $2,058 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $1,273 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $125 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $53 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $38 |
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.
- MitraClip$22,279
- NAVITOR$7,404
- MitraClip System$1,928
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,154
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,090
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$958
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$502
- PORTICO$423
- PASCAL$372
How this compares
$44,282 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Other physician assistant in New York
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Cameron KiserNew York$225K
- Mervat FalahNew York$143K
- Marlene TaylorNew York$109K
- Natalie TafelNew York$77K
- Jonathan YehNew York$57K
- Emily ElbogenNew York$49K
- Jaclyn ChurchillNew York$48K
- Michelle MelchiorreNew York$35K
- Raya GalibovNew York$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.