Susann Varano
Geriatric Medicine · New Haven, CTNPI 1043544596
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Urovant Sciences Inc at 53.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,825 and has fallen 52.3% since, to $4,690 in 2024. Among geriatric medicine 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 65 payments — averaging $380.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Urovant Sciences Inc$13K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$9K
- Pfizer$2K
- Valneva Austria GmbH$721
Across 1,674 payments — averaging $6913.36 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$6.4M
- Modernatx, Inc.$2M
- Biontech SE$1.5M
- Valneva Austria GmbH$851K
- Seqirus USA Inc$677K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd.ltee$23K
- plus $53K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,8908%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,90552%
- Travel & lodging$8,25433%
- Food & beverage$1,6757%
- Gifts$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 40 | $13,161 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 17 | $9,263 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $1,598 |
| Valneva Austria GmbH | 2 | $721 |
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.
- GEMTESA$19,032
- PREVNAR - 13$1,578
How this compares
$24,744 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 84 geriatric medicine providers in Connecticut.
Other geriatric medicine in New Haven
- Henry YaggiNew Haven$5K
- Jesse Chua-ReyesNew Haven$698
- Leen BakkaliNew Haven$265
- Alessandra CapobiancoNew Haven$210
- Loren GreenbergNew Haven$195
- Ann DatunashviliNew Haven$132
- Ronald MillerNew Haven$117
- Asefeh HeiatNew Haven$31
- August LindmarkNew Haven$22
- Margaret XuNew Haven$20
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.