Thomas Ullman, MD
Gastroenterology · Scarsdale, NYNPI 1447281944
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $67,388 of the $106,077 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 57.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $58,808 and has fallen 50.9% since, to $28,849 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NY 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 136 payments — averaging $779.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$61K
- Pfizer$40K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$4K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$668
- AbbVie$377
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$169
- plus $397 from 9 others
Across 54 payments — averaging $4356.51 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$150K
- AbbVie$69K
- Pfizer$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,34523%
- Speaking & faculty fees$67,38864%
- Travel & lodging$10,49810%
- Food & beverage$3,8334%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 73 | $61,087 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $39,530 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $3,850 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 9 | $668 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $377 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $169 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $80 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $24 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
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
$106,077 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| StelaraUstekinumab | 27 | $686,456 |
| EntyvioVedolizumab | 50 | $447,333 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 26 | $204,351 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 12 | $127,105 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 16 | $109,440 |
| Humira PenAdalimumab | 13 | $88,550 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 27 | $81,215 |
| Mesalamine | 79 | $38,764 |
| Budesonide ErBudesonide | 19 | $18,618 |
| PentasaMesalamine | 11 | $15,199 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 17 | $9,779 |
| UcerisBudesonide | 11 | $9,709 |
| AprisoMesalamine | 12 | $9,136 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 12 | $1,736 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 11 | $755 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara | $61,087 | $686,45627 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Entyvio | $169 | $447,33350 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq | $377 | $204,35126 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Uceris, Apriso | $20 | $100,06050 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
Other gastroenterology in Scarsdale
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Maya SrivastavaWilliamsville$1.8M
- Melissa PalmerPlainview$1M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
- Bruce SandsNew York$810K
- Jean Frederick ColombelNew York$786K
- Seth GrossNew York$624K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.