Vidhu Thaker
Pediatric Endocrinology · New York, NYNPI 1578544219
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $26,452 of the $32,790 with a category attached, or 80.7%. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 99.3% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,144 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $124 in 2025. Among pediatric endocrinology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 48 payments — averaging $683.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$33K
- Pfizer$107
- Welch Allyn$58
- Novo Nordisk$51
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$17
Across 276 payments — averaging $4035.47 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.
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1.1M
- Dexcom, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,45281%
- Travel & lodging$5,69417%
- Food & beverage$5862%
- Gifts$260%
- Other$310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 39 | $32,557 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $107 |
| Welch Allyn | 2 | $58 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $51 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Imcivree$19,956
How this compares
$32,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 138 pediatric endocrinology providers in New York.
Other pediatric endocrinology in New York
- Robert RapaportNew York$98K
- Christopher RomeroNew York$35K
- Natasha LeibelNew York$24K
- Mabel YauNew York$19K
- Ilene FennoyNew York$19K
- Emily BreidbartNew York$18K
- Madeleine HarbisonNew York$12K
- Charles SklarNew York$12K
- Oksana LekarevNew York$11K
- Mary GallagherNew York$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.