Vincent Sottile
Gastroenterology · Staten Island, NYNPI 1790765493
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 156 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 24.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,467 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $38 in 2022.
Across 156 payments — averaging $17.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$681
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$430
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$329
- Merck$138
- Johnson & Johnson$133
- Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc.$129
- plus $918 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,758100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 38 | $681 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $430 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $329 |
| Merck | 10 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $133 |
| Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $124 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Shionogi Inc | 5 | $83 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 5 | $72 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $70 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Gilead | 3 | $52 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $22 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- TRULANCE$125
How this compares
$2,758 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
Other gastroenterology in Staten Island
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Maya SrivastavaWilliamsville$1.8M
- Melissa PalmerPlainview$1M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
- Bruce SandsNew York$810K
- Jean Frederick ColombelNew York$786K
- Seth GrossNew York$624K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.