Thomas Walsh
Infectious Disease · New York, NYNPI 1881912947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $81,772 of the $98,046 with a category attached, or 83.4%. Abbott accounts for 80.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among infectious disease 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 72 payments — averaging $1361.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$79K
- Associates Of Cape Cod Incorporated$8K
- Shionogi Inc$6K
- Partner Therapeutics, Inc.$4K
- AbbVie$2K
- Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.$136
- plus $12 from 1 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $46,790 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.
- Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.$739K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$280K
- Shionogi Inc$241K
- Merck$97K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$81,77283%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,9214%
- Travel & lodging$11,15911%
- Food & beverage$6771%
- Education$5181%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 48 | $79,098 |
| Associates Of Cape Cod Incorporated | 1 | $7,563 |
| Shionogi Inc | 16 | $5,752 |
| Partner Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $3,921 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $1,564 |
| Leadiant Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $136 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 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.
- ID NOW INSTRUMENT$48,810
- MitraClip$8,338
- Epic$5,463
- Fetroja$5,246
- Leukine$3,921
How this compares
$98,046 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 799 infectious disease providers in New York.
Other infectious disease in New York
- Sian JonesNew York$406K
- Antonio UrbinaNew York$373K
- David BekhorNew York$358K
- Genovefa PapanicolaouNew York$209K
- Michelle CespedesNew York$125K
- Donald KaminskyNew York$120K
- Judith AbergNew York$104K
- Stuart HaberNew York$73K
- Michael GaisaNew York$47K
- Joseph FeczkoNew York$47K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.