>Pharmaceutical Companies pay big bucks for Doctor to speak promoting brand-label drugs
Ridgewood resident, Dr. Susan A. Flanzman (spouse of Dr. Daniel Fishbein), listed among big recipients
Doctors cash in on speeches
Friday, October 22, 2010
https://www.northjersey.com/news/105505658_Doctors_cash_in_on_pharmaceutical_speeches.html
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS AND JAMES M. O’NEILL
The Record
STAFF WRITERS
New Jersey-based doctors received more than $8.3 million in payments from pharmaceutical companies over the past 18 months for speeches promoting brand-label drugs to fellow doctors.
They were among the 17,000 doctors nationwide who were paid a total of $257.8 million by seven companies in 2009 and the first two quarters of 2010, according to data collected by ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news organization.
In Bergen and Passaic counties, 13 doctors who each earned more than $25,000 accounted for a combined $1 million in payments from drug firms. Many other local doctors received smaller payments.
Bergen and Passaic doctors paid more than $25,000 by drug companies for 2009 and the first half of 2010.
Thomas Dayspring Internal medicine Wayne $203,200
Joseph P. Valenza Rehabilitation Saddle Brook $176,118
Les A. Burns Ob/gyn Wayne $136,150
Marc A. Goldberg Rheumatology Clifton $84,950
Nathaniel E. Lebowitz Cardiology Fort Lee $83,900
George Kruse Psychiatry Clifton $73,134
Stanley Waintraub Hematology/oncology Hackensack $62,000
Elizabeth Varas Psychiatry Demarest $50,150
Pritesh Shah Psychiatry Franklin Lakes $42,050
Jack V. Cappitelli Internal medicine Fair Lawn $34,720
Daniel Conroy Cardiology Clifton $32,250
Susan A. Flanzman Internal medicine Ramsey $29,694
Sharad Wagle Psychiatry Oradell $25,560
Source: Database compiled by ProPublica
