Takijah Heard
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Evanston, ILNPI 1952560492
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $74,124 of the $94,481 with a category attached, or 78.5%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 51.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $61,378, more than ten times the $123 reported in 2019. Among neurology with special qualifications in child neurology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 175 payments — averaging $539.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$49K
- UCB, Inc.$35K
- Eisai Inc.$6K
- Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$623
- OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$500
- plus $597 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,5408%
- Speaking & faculty fees$74,12478%
- Travel & lodging$8,7939%
- Food & beverage$3,9914%
- Education$330%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 64 | $48,920 |
| UCB, Inc. | 83 | $35,187 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $6,155 |
| Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $2,500 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 6 | $623 |
| OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Gilead | 1 | $150 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $133 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
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.
- Epidiolex$48,023
- Fintepla$33,175
- Fycompa$6,155
- Motpoly XR$2,500
- Subvenite$500
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$400
How this compares
$94,481 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 57 neurology with special qualifications in child neurology providers in Illinois.
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Other neurology with special qualifications in child neurology in Evanston
- Leslie FinkelEvanston$258
- Margaret MichelsonEvanston$247
- Douglas NordliChicago$621K
- Nancy KuntzChicago$503K
- Ryan CoatesOak Lawn$163K
- Vamshi RaoChicago$124K
- John MillichapChicago$84K
- Sookyong KohChicago$60K
- M KaterjiNaperville$52K
- Charles MarcuccilliBurr Ridge$42K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.