Simon Lichtiger
Internal Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1053409847
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $170,825 of the $242,858 with a category attached, or 70.3%. AbbVie accounts for 77.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $133,515 and has fallen 71.6% since, to $37,902 in 2024. Among internal medicine 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 160 payments — averaging $1517.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$187K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$28K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$19K
- Johnson & Johnson$9K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$23
- Romark Laboratories, LC$21
Across 47 payments — averaging $19,718 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.
- Eli Lilly$420K
- Pfizer$280K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$170K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$54K
- Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,0003%
- Speaking & faculty fees$170,82570%
- Travel & lodging$24,27010%
- Food & beverage$2,8321%
- Education$290%
- Other$37,90216%
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 | 118 | $187,212 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 18 | $27,897 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $19,103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $8,603 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $21 |
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
$242,858 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in New York
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Ricky HsuNew York$1M
- James UnderbergNew York$953K
- Terry PlasseNew York$883K
- Krisczar BungayNew York$554K
- Eytan SteinNew York$496K
- Larry NeumanNew York$457K
- Wuhua JingNew York$338K
- Harvey SchneienNew York$334K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.