Theodore Laetsch
Pediatrics · Philadelphia, PANPI 1154477834
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Bayer accounts for 73.5% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,046 and has fallen 83.8% since, to $2,444 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in PA 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 62 payments — averaging $738.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$34K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$5K
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- Novartis$3K
- GSK$2K
Across 404 payments — averaging $10,721 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.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1.3M
- Novartis$885K
- Pfizer$764K
- Bayer$368K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$232K
- Merck$202K
- plus $587K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,11659%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,7008%
- Travel & lodging$13,91530%
- Food & beverage$1,0772%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 43 | $33,664 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $4,800 |
| Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $2,750 |
| Novartis | 14 | $2,594 |
| GSK | 2 | $2,000 |
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
$45,808 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,849 pediatrics providers in Pennsylvania.
Other pediatrics in Philadelphia
- Kristopher BossePhiladelphia$90K
- Binita Kamath PatelPhiladelphia$80K
- Roberta LaguerrePhiladelphia$44K
- Pamela McDonnellPhiladelphia$42K
- Elizabeth FogliaPhiladelphia$16K
- Tamir DiamondPhiladelphia$15K
- Erin PrangePhiladelphia$15K
- Ingo HelbigPhiladelphia$14K
- Tyra Bryant-StephensPhiladelphia$13K
- Kandace GollompPhiladelphia$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.