Valerie Brown
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Hershey, PANPI 1790705861
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Genentech, Inc. accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,309 and has fallen 84.6% since, to $510 in 2025.
Across 33 payments — averaging $162.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$3K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$477
- USWM, LLC$358
- Gilead$282
- Novartis$259
- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$145
- plus $535 from 5 others
Across 74 payments — averaging $3859.05 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.
- Amgen$172K
- Pfizer$88K
- Genentech, Inc.$26K
- Incyte Corporation$660
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,62749%
- Food & beverage$2,49747%
- Education$2404%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 7 | $3,309 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $477 |
| USWM, LLC | 9 | $358 |
| Gilead | 2 | $282 |
| Novartis | 4 | $259 |
| Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $135 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Amgen | 1 | $95 |
| Bayer | 1 | $46 |
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
$5,364 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 139 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Pennsylvania.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Hershey
- Giselle Saulnier ShollerHershey$193K
- Jonathan BernsteinHershey$112K
- Gayle SminkHershey$18K
- Andrew FreibergHershey$9K
- Nidhi ShahHershey$5K
- Rasaq OlaosebikanHershey$601
- Stephan GruppPhiladelphia$390K
- Samuel BlackmanPhiladelphia$265K
- Benjamin Samelson JonesPhiladephia$112K
- Frederico XavierPittsburgh$96K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.