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Rheumatology
In 2025, 4,426 Rheumatology providers had general (non-research) payments reported to CMS. Half received less than $894 for the year, and nine in ten received less than $10K.
4,426providers with payments in 2025
$894median total for the year
$10Knine in ten received less than
$9,739average total for the year
Providers with the largest 2025 totals
Ordered by 2025 general-payment totals as reported to CMS. A large total is not evidence of wrongdoing; context is below the table.
| Provider | Location | 2025 general | All payments 2019-2025 including research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory William Niemer | Summerville, SC | $1,291,305.58 | $2,868,309.40 |
| Jennifer K Murphy | Summerville, SC | $1,289,667.71 | $2,817,816.68 |
| Clarence Legerton | Summerville, SC | $1,025,084.00 | $2,854,764.48 |
| Gary Eliot Fink | Summerville, SC | $1,025,084.00 | $2,857,826.01 |
| Stanford Lee Yu Peng | Seattle, WA | $1,000,938.99 | $3,504,102.25 |
| Kenneth A Miller | Danbury, CT | $872,840.32 | $872,840.32 |
| Colin Clark Edgerton | Summerville, SC | $804,299.60 | $3,501,794.52 |
| John J Cush | Dallas, TX | $606,127.68 | $3,696,835.55 |
| Kostas N Botsoglou | Cheektowaga, NY | $519,089.54 | $2,642,964.59 |
| Sudhakar Tumuluri | San Francisco, CA | $500,558.18 | $2,771,283.70 |
| William M Edwards | Summerville, SC | $450,000.00 | $1,290,013.16 |
| Grace C Wright | New York, NY | $437,656.45 | $3,089,377.39 |
| Gordon K Lam | Charlotte, NC | $436,286.11 | $2,719,936.96 |
| Sanjay Chabra | El Paso, TX | $411,668.30 | $3,291,946.47 |
| Haoling Weng | Los Angeles, CA | $407,089.37 | $562,398.48 |
| Ara H Dikranian | San Diego, CA | $365,575.28 | $2,219,892.70 |
| Adam Kilian | Saint Louis, MO | $360,638.33 | $565,281.47 |
| Alvin F Wells | Destin, FL | $322,200.45 | $2,473,934.85 |
| Orrin M Troum | Santa Monica, CA | $322,150.19 | $1,767,393.01 |
| Stephen Mitchell | Washington, DC | $317,497.75 | $1,648,581.22 |
| Dinesh Khanna | Ann Arbor, MI | $310,605.80 | $1,251,549.08 |
| Julio A Gonzalez-Paoli | Tampa, FL | $297,358.89 | $1,446,449.78 |
| Philip J Mease | Seattle, WA | $297,223.79 | $2,435,293.43 |
| Sergio Schwartzman | New York, NY | $295,204.89 | $2,479,146.74 |
| Leonard H Calabrese | Cleveland, OH | $294,074.30 | $1,919,738.57 |
| Andrew J Sulich | Saint Clair Shores, MI | $285,559.19 | $1,748,332.20 |
| Amar Qadir Majjhoo | Saint Clair Shores, MI | $281,269.24 | $1,791,977.77 |
| Gregory J Delorenzo | Cincinnati, OH | $279,668.52 | $1,287,476.41 |
| James E Mossell | Tifton, GA | $258,771.09 | $1,611,604.40 |
| Dhiman Basu | Colleyville, TX | $258,677.53 | $1,805,797.12 |
| Amro Balki | Santa Monica, CA | $255,973.40 | $465,036.61 |
| Anthony M Turkiewicz | Mountain Brk, AL | $255,595.97 | $2,165,813.32 |
| Bret K Sohn | Stamford, CT | $242,081.13 | $447,346.93 |
| Lori Siegel | Bannockburn, IL | $240,592.77 | $1,504,279.12 |
| Wassim Saikali | Beckley, WV | $240,393.22 | $1,154,096.75 |
| Alan N Brown | Greenville, SC | $239,194.07 | $947,395.80 |
| Samy K Metyas | Covina, CA | $230,022.55 | $1,300,230.08 |
| Anne E Winkler | Carthage, MO | $228,649.52 | $1,628,102.65 |
| David Andrew Mclain | Birmingham, AL | $222,385.59 | $587,904.82 |
| Gary E Myerson | Atlanta, GA | $218,894.33 | $1,017,480.32 |
| Jigar Shah | Margate, FL | $214,842.62 | $778,162.39 |
| Julia Buchfuhrer | Downey, CA | $197,871.14 | $308,454.08 |
| Rohit Aggarwal | Pittsburgh, PA | $197,125.80 | $877,656.85 |
| Adam J Kreitenberg | Tarzana, CA | $196,841.42 | $862,684.32 |
| Christopher T R Parker | West Lake Hills, TX | $194,989.88 | $1,405,055.17 |
| Hillary E Norton | Santa Fe, NM | $193,172.56 | $1,937,982.12 |
| Robin Kathleen Dore | Tustin, CA | $181,545.69 | $1,518,976.05 |
| Allan Gibofsky | New York, NY | $180,109.63 | $1,882,542.36 |
| Kristi Mizelle | Newport News, VA | $174,783.77 | $1,106,817.94 |
| Asim S Khan | Maple Grove, MN | $174,390.83 | $1,166,420.97 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026).