Scott Chudnoff
Gynecology · Stamford, CTNPI 1457431934
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $19,397 of the $30,090 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by KARL Storz Endoscopy-america at 33.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,570, 4.2 times the $3,220 reported in 2020. Among gynecology 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 49 payments — averaging $614.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$10K
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$7K
- Abbott$4K
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$3K
- Caldera Medical, Inc$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- plus $3K from 9 others
Across 112 payments — averaging $2087.56 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.
- Rejoni Inc.$160K
- Bayer$41K
- AbbVie$33K
- Gynesonics, Inc.$102
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,39764%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,32018%
- Travel & lodging$4,26814%
- Food & beverage$1,0864%
- Education$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 6 | $10,213 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $7,154 |
| Abbott | 1 | $3,900 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $2,500 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 1 | $1,910 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $1,658 |
| Aegea Medical, Inc. | 2 | $970 |
| Cytyc Surgical Products, LLC | 2 | $692 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $450 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 16 | $299 |
| Momentis Surgical Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $34 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
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
$30,090 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 39 gynecology providers in Connecticut.
Other gynecology in Stamford
- Silvio MandaraStamford$4K
- Karli GoldsteinGreenwich$8K
- Roslyn ChosakNew Haven$3K
- Thomas McNameeNew Haven$3K
- Clare ManziMiddletown$2K
- Felice CollitonHartford$2K
- Elena Poloukhine MackenziePlainfield$2K
- Julie MalkinBristol$2K
- Danielle LucianoSouthington$2K
- Ann StrongGuilford$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.