Tongalp Tezel, MD
Ophthalmology · New York, NYNPI 1306813522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Dutch Ophthalmic, USA accounts for 72.2% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $343 and has fallen 83.7% since, to $56 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $1,047.
Across 7 payments — averaging $67.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dutch Ophthalmic, USA$343
- AbbVie$77
- Alcon$30
- Novartis$24
Across 5 payments — averaging $9330.64 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$32K
- Novartis$14K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$475100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch Ophthalmic, USA | 2 | $343 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $77 |
| Alcon | 1 | $30 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
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.
- EVA, combined machine$343
- TISSUEBLUE$343
How this compares
$475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bromfenac Sodium | 103 | $13,792 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 36 | $12,729 |
| BromsiteBromfenac Sodium | 33 | $10,804 |
| Eplerenone | 20 | $2,640 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 26 | $1,007 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 28 | $594 |
| Timolol Maleate | 46 | $364 |
| Latanoprost | 28 | $129 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in New York
- Nathan RadcliffeNew York$2.1M
- Richard SpaideNew York$1.7M
- Joshua YoungNew York$814K
- Joseph PanarelliNew York$541K
- Eric RosenbergNew York$434K
- Michael CooneyNew York$398K
- David GuyerNew York$322K
- Ashley BrissetteNew York$315K
- Jason SlakterNew York$272K
- David ChuNew York$234K
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.