Thomas Sferra
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1841288784
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $20,056 of the $23,217 with a category attached, or 86.4%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 52.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $13,596 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $138 in 2025. Among pediatric gastroenterology clinicians in OH 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 33 payments — averaging $703.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$12K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$8K
- Merck$2K
- Evoendo, Inc$750
- Shire North American Group Inc$200
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$100
- plus $93 from 4 others
Across 240 payments — averaging $4985.09 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.
- AbbVie$636K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$236K
- Regeneron$75K
- QOL Medical, LLC$67K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$67K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$62K
- plus $53K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5257%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,05686%
- Travel & lodging$3572%
- Food & beverage$1,2786%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 10 | $12,085 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $8,463 |
| Merck | 2 | $1,525 |
| Evoendo, Inc | 1 | $750 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $200 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
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
$23,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 114 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Cleveland
- Sophia PatelCleveland$40K
- Senthilkumar SankararamanCleveland$3K
- Sandra KimCleveland$1K
- Jacob KurowskiCleveland$1K
- Ali KhaliliCleveland$1K
- Praveen Kumar C SelvakumarCleveland$789
- Denise YoungCleveland$529
- Lori MahajanCleveland$433
- Lisa FeinbergCleveland$421
- William BalistreriCincinnati$176K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.