Susanna McColley
Pediatric Pulmonology · Chgo, ILNPI 1962470336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $63,853 of the $66,003 with a category attached, or 96.7%. Vertex accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $29,108 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $1,442 in 2025. Among pediatric pulmonology clinicians in IL 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 34 payments — averaging $1941.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$66K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$138
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$95
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$78
Across 87 payments — averaging $15,301 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.
- Vertex$1.2M
- Gilead$109K
- AbbVie$5K
- Mylan Inc.$1K
- Vivus LLC$935
- Novartis$224
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$63,85397%
- Travel & lodging$1,3082%
- Food & beverage$8431%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 28 | $65,693 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $78 |
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.
- DUPIXENT$138
How this compares
$66,003 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 28 pediatric pulmonology providers in Illinois.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Chgo
- Gabriel AljadeffPark Ridge$6K
- Steven BoasNorthfield$4K
- Kevin MaupinChicago$2K
- Michael LightSpringfield$2K
- Janaki PaskaradevanChicago$1K
- Avani ShahChicago$839
- David SpielbergChicago$825
- Ajanta PatelChicago$798
- Kimberly WattsPark Ridge$776
- Nizar KherallahPeoria$600
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.