RxDoctor Payments Data

Udai Kammula

Surgical Oncology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1730466640

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Medtronic. That places this record below the midpoint for surgical oncology clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $868.

$145in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $145.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$145
$5,410,172in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 10 payments — averaging $541,017 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.

  • Clinigen, Inc.$4.5M
  • Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.$944K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$145100%

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.

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic1$145

How this compares

$145 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 78 surgical oncology providers in Pennsylvania.

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