Thomas Whalen
Rheumatology · Havertown, PANPI 1164587697
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 159 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,822 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $18 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $1,951.
Across 159 payments — averaging $11.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$281
- Amgen$262
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$227
- Bristol Myers Squibb$214
- AbbVie$204
- Genentech USA, Inc.$150
- plus $551 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,888100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 41 | $281 |
| Amgen | 22 | $262 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 9 | $227 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 20 | $214 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $204 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 22 | $150 |
| Novartis | 9 | $143 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $47 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $41 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $32 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,888 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 351 rheumatology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other rheumatology in Havertown
- Alan EpsteinPhiladelphia$1.2M
- Lawrence LeventhalHuntingdon Valley$1.1M
- Alan KivitzDuncansville$936K
- Paula HerringNewtown Square$920K
- Rohit AggarwalPittsburgh$810K
- Frederick MurphyDuncansville$494K
- Peter MerkelRadnor$479K
- Martin BergmanRidley Park$458K
- Alexis Ogdie-BeattyPhiladelphia$433K
- Ellen FieldBethlehem$418K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.