slides: #50 to #1 - Doctors in Worcester That Received the Most Drug Company Money
Tuesday, July 07, 2015
GoLocalWorcester News Team
More than 1,100 doctors in Worcester received money from drug companies between August 2013 and December 2014.
Payments to doctors in Worcester ranged from as low as $45 to as high as $1.01 million.
SEE SLIDES BELOW: #50 to #1: Doctors in Worcester That Received the Most Drug Company Money
The 50 highest paid doctors in the city were paid a combined $1.94 million from drug companies.
According to data compiled by non-profit, media watchdog group, ProPublica, doctors in Massachusetts were paid a combined $170 million by drug companies for promoting their drugs and devices. In the United States, payments to doctors in the Commonwealth rank fifth highest among all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and U.S. military forces across the globe.
GoLocalWorcester has taken the same data that ProPublica used and narrowed it down to the 50 doctors in Worcester that received the most money from drug companies.
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#50
Doctor: BOGDAN NEDELESCU
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine
Drug Company Money: $7,711
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#49
Doctor: NIKOLAOS KAKOUROS
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Drug Company Money: $7,787
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#48
Doctor: DANIEL TANENBAUM
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Drug Company Money: $8,430
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#47
Doctor: J.Lock
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Drug Company Money: $8,459
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#46
Doctor: PETER TOMAIOLO
Field: Other Service Providers/Specialist
Drug Company Money: $8,711
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#45
Doctor: DAVID HARLAN
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Drug Company Money: $8,734
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#44
Doctor: WALTER ETTINGER
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine
Drug Company Money: $8,926
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#43
Doctor: STANLEY TAM
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Drug Company Money: $8,993
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#42
Doctor: JAN CERNY
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Drug Company Money: $9,004
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#41
Doctor: ROBERTO BOMPREZZI
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Drug Company Money: $9,015
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#40
Doctor: PATRICK CONNOLLY
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Orthopaedic Surgery
Drug Company Money: $9,422
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#39
Doctor: SALEEM KHANANI
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Drug Company Money: $10,432
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#38
Doctor: CHRISTIAN DIPAOLA
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Orthopaedic Surgery
Drug Company Money: $10,501
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#37
Doctor: KEVIN FLOYD
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Drug Company Money: $10,521
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#36
Doctor: CHRISTOPHER VINTON
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Orthopaedic Surgery
Drug Company Money: $10,547
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#35
Doctor: MICHAEL BRADBURY
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Ophthalmology
Drug Company Money: $11,285
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#34
Doctor: SPIRO KHOURY
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine
Drug Company Money: $11,569
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#33
Doctor: CAROLINA IONETE
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Drug Company Money: $12,513
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#32
Doctor: CURUCHI ANAND
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine
Drug Company Money: $14,792
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#31
Doctor: CHARLES BIRBARA
Field: Other Service Providers/Specialist
Drug Company Money: $15,061
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#30
Doctor: JENNIFER PAPPALARDO
Field: Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers/Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery
Drug Company Money: $15,218
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#29
Doctor: LAWRENCE GARBER
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine
Drug Company Money: $15,357
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#28
Doctor: THEO MEYER
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Drug Company Money: $16,199
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#27
Doctor: JOHN WIXTED
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Orthopaedic Surgery
Drug Company Money: $16,292
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#26
Doctor: LLOYD FISHER
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Pediatrics
Drug Company Money: $16,939
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#25
Doctor: SETH KATES
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Dermatology
Drug Company Money: $17,106
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#24
Doctor: WILLIAM BALCOM
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Orthopaedic Surgery
Drug Company Money: $17,189
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#23
Doctor: IRA OCKENE
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Drug Company Money: $20,250
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#22
Doctor: ALAN ROTHMAN
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Drug Company Money: $21,366
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#21
Doctor: MARK PRICE
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Orthopaedic Surgery
Drug Company Money: $21,649
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#20
Doctor: KRISHNA KANDARPA
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Drug Company Money: $22,864
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#19
Doctor: DAVID CAVE
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Drug Company Money: $26,454
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#18
Doctor: CHRISTOPHER MACOMBER
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Surgery
Drug Company Money: $27,285
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#17
Doctor: RAYMOND DUNN
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Drug Company Money: $28,671
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#16
Doctor: BONNIE WEINER
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Drug Company Money: $28,951
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#15
Doctor: HERBERT MARKLEY
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Drug Company Money: $35,233
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#14
Doctor: SARAH CUTRONA
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine
Drug Company Money: $37,108
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#13
Doctor: YARON GOLDMAN
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Drug Company Money: $41,206
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#12
Doctor: ITALO LINFANTE
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Drug Company Money: $63,654
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#11
Doctor: JEAN MARIE HOUGHTON
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Drug Company Money: $63,972
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#10
Doctor: MOHAMAD OCH
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry
Drug Company Money: $74,245
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#9
Doctor: FREDERIK PENNINGS
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Neurological Surgery
Drug Company Money: $80,495
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#8
Doctor: JAY MARLIN
Field: Dental Providers/Dentist, Endodontics
Drug Company Money: $90,669
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#7
Doctor: BILAL PIPERDI
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Drug Company Money: $95,534
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#6
Doctor: GEORGE ABRAHAM
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine
Drug Company Money: $97,836
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#5
Doctor: JONATHAN KAY
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Drug Company Money: $121K
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#4
Doctor: ANDRES SCHANZER
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Drug Company Money: $126K
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#3
Doctor: BRIAN BUSCONI
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Orthopaedic Surgery
Drug Company Money: $209K
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#2
Doctor: TARIQ MUGHAL
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Drug Company Money: $432K
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#1
Doctor: AJAY WAKHLOO
Field: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Drug Company Money: $1.01 Million