Tetsuo Ashizawa
Neurology · Gainesville, FLNPI 1093873754
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.0%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Holdings America, Inc. at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $678 and has fallen 83.5% since, to $112 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $1,698.
Across 25 payments — averaging $41.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Holdings America, Inc.$500
- Biogen$112
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$65
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$62
- GE HealthCare$58
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$46
- plus $199 from 9 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $24,116 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.
- Biogen$278K
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$81K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50048%
- Speaking & faculty fees$626%
- Food & beverage$48046%
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.
How this compares
$1,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.
Other neurology in Gainesville
- Adolfo Ramirez ZamoraGainesville$363K
- Stuart IsaacsonBoca Raton$3.9M
- Selim BenbadisTampa$2.1M
- Derrick RobertsonTampa$1.8M
- Robert HauserTampa$1.6M
- David RoseTampa$1.4M
- Matthew BakerNaples$1.4M
- Donald NegroskiSarasota$1.4M
- Mark CascioneTampa$1.2M
- Lance KimOcala$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.