Thomas Rakowski
Hematology & Oncology · Paramus, NJNPI 1710943436
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,270 of the $1,729 with a category attached, or 73.5%. Pfizer accounts for 74.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $2,686.
Across 32 payments — averaging $54.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$1K
- Novartis$165
- Johnson & Johnson$158
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$69
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$25
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$15
- plus $12 from 1 others
Across 39 payments — averaging $25,142 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.
- Novartis$647K
- Genentech, Inc.$145K
- Eli Lilly$135K
- Pfizer$45K
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,27073%
- Food & beverage$45927%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 3 | $1,285 |
| Novartis | 11 | $165 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $158 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
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.
- IBRANCE$1,270
How this compares
$1,729 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 362 hematology & oncology providers in New Jersey.
Other hematology & oncology in Paramus
- Eleonora TeplinskyParamus$41K
- Robert SpiegelWestfield$864K
- Amit PatelJersey City$770K
- Joshua StraussSpringfield$739K
- Charles FarberMorristown$609K
- Michael ScolaMorristown$506K
- Eshan PatelSomerville$420K
- Arturo Loaiza-BonillaPennington$406K
- Ashish ShahSpringfield$394K
- Carl HenningsonManasquan$349K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.