Sachin Dhingra
Pediatrics · Hartford, CTNPI 1407041007
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 49.1% of the total. Among pediatrics clinicians in CT 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 118 payments — averaging $24.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$1K
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$233
- Organon$199
- Merck$184
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$156
- Phadia US Inc.$138
- plus $543 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,847100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 53 | $1,400 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 18 | $233 |
| Organon | 1 | $199 |
| Merck | 9 | $184 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 6 | $156 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 4 | $138 |
| Sobi, Inc | 7 | $136 |
| GSK | 5 | $100 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 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
$2,853 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 681 pediatrics providers in Connecticut.
Other pediatrics in Hartford
- Amanda ZuseHartford$45K
- Nicholas BennettHartford$37K
- William ZempskyHartford$35K
- Kristin PhilippHartford$2K
- Alan MuneyDarien$369K
- Eugene ShapiroNew Haven$15K
- John DubazDarien$9K
- Anthony WayneAnsonia$7K
- Kweku SamMiddlebury$6K
- Robert LavalleeAnsonia$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.