Wafaa El Sadr
Infectious Disease · New York, NYNPI 1861538647
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,263 of the $12,268 with a category attached, or 91.8%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Merck. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,655 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $1,913 in 2021. Among infectious disease 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 14 payments — averaging $876.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$12K
Across 18 payments — averaging $6,613,245 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.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$119M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,26392%
- Travel & lodging$7046%
- Food & beverage$3012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 14 | $12,268 |
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.
- DELSTRIGO$7,800
How this compares
$12,268 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 799 infectious disease providers in New York.
Other infectious disease in New York
- Sian JonesNew York$406K
- Antonio UrbinaNew York$373K
- David BekhorNew York$358K
- Genovefa PapanicolaouNew York$209K
- Michelle CespedesNew York$125K
- Donald KaminskyNew York$120K
- Judith AbergNew York$104K
- Thomas WalshNew York$98K
- Stuart HaberNew York$73K
- Michael GaisaNew York$47K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.