Sophie Lanzkron, MD
Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1740228444
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $25,704 of the $33,122 with a category attached, or 77.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,316 and has fallen 90.0% since, to $1,426 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in MD 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 26 payments — averaging $1273.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$15K
- Merck$6K
- Pfizer$6K
- GSK$2K
- CSL Behring$1K
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- plus $1K from 2 others
Across 81 payments — averaging $3648.91 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.
- Pfizer$106K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$72K
- Novartis$53K
- CSL Behring$46K
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$8K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$7K
- plus $2K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,70478%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,95015%
- Travel & lodging$1,8085%
- Food & beverage$6592%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 2 | $15,000 |
| Merck | 6 | $6,129 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $6,000 |
| GSK | 1 | $2,000 |
| CSL Behring | 5 | $1,495 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $1,376 |
| National Marrow Donor Program | 4 | $1,000 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $122 |
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
$33,122 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other internal medicine in Baltimore
- Param DedhiaBaltimore$636K
- Shawn DhillonBaltimore$227K
- Jeremy SugarmanBaltimore$210K
- Charles FlexnerBaltimore$133K
- Kristen MarroneBaltimore$97K
- Ana-Maria OrbaiBaltimore$89K
- Mark YarchoanBaltimore$89K
- David Muniz PedrogoBaltimore$82K
- Julie PaikBaltimore$76K
- Allison AgwuBaltimore$58K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.