Sandra Witten
Physician Assistant · Niles, ILNPI 1952370652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.4% of the total across 116 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 43.3% of the total.
Across 116 payments — averaging $23.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$405
- Amgen$262
- VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc.$125
- Lilly USA, LLC$117
- Almirall LLC$107
- plus $527 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,64997%
- Education$703%
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(2 entities) | 61 | $1,176 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 11 | $405 |
| Amgen | 7 | $262 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $117 |
| Almirall LLC | 5 | $107 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Novartis | 4 | $75 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $74 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $64 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $42 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,719 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Other physician assistant in Niles
- Caryn OlshanskyNiles$18K
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Christopher AricoSkokie$407K
- Karlijn BurridgeWestmont$144K
- Ian MackeySkokie$135K
- Stephanie TraceyItasca$122K
- Olabimpe PhilipsAddison$103K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.