Samuel Jacobs
Hematology & Oncology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1073584272
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, Puma Biotechnology, Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $1,277.
Across 1 payment — averaging $35.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$36
Across 15 payments — averaging $433,700 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.
- Merck$4.1M
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$1.7M
- Pfizer$751K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$36100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
How this compares
$36 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 682 hematology & oncology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other hematology & oncology in Pittsburgh
- Salman FazalPittsburgh$2.3M
- Cyrus KhanPittsburgh$1.9M
- Alexander BarsoukPittsburgh$674K
- Hashem YounesPittsburgh$435K
- Taofeek OwonikokoPittsburgh$346K
- Jason LukePittsburgh$300K
- Ahmad TarhiniPittsburgh$216K
- Diwakar DavarPittsburgh$104K
- Jing Zhou HouPittsburgh$78K
- Vikram GorantlaPittsburgh$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.