Total Payments
$63,155
2024 Payments
$12,489
Companies
30
Transactions
185

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$28,801 (45.6%)
Other$16,611 (26.3%)
Food & Beverage$8,675 (13.7%)
Travel$7,448 (11.8%)
Research$1,029 (1.6%)
Education$491.11 (0.8%)
Gifts$100.00 (0.2%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $28,801 9 45.6%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $12,086 8 19.1%
Food and Beverage $8,675 140 13.7%
Travel and Lodging $7,448 21 11.8%
Honoraria $4,525 3 7.2%
Unspecified $1,029 1 1.6%
Education $491.11 2 0.8%
Gift $100.00 1 0.2%

Payments by Type

General
$62,126
184 transactions
Research
$1,029
1 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Neurelis, Inc. $15,997 28 $0 (2024)
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $12,313 13 $0 (2024)
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. $7,920 22 $0 (2024)
Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC $4,359 4 $0 (2019)
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $3,853 9 $0 (2024)
UCB, Inc. $3,370 27 $0 (2024)
LivaNova USA, Inc. $3,342 14 $0 (2024)
Sobi, Inc $3,004 4 $0 (2019)
Zogenix Inc. $2,550 6 $0 (2021)
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB $1,029 1 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $12,489 38 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. ($9,161)
2023 $12,743 41 Neurelis, Inc. ($5,678)
2022 $9,787 20 Neurelis, Inc. ($5,889)
2021 $4,789 20 BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. ($1,664)
2020 $5,324 10 Neurelis, Inc. ($4,132)
2019 $1,577 7 Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB ($1,029)
2018 $7,343 17 Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC ($4,333)
2017 $9,103 32 BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. ($5,465)

All Payment Transactions

185 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 8

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/08/2024 BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Palynziq (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $145.04 General
Category: PKU
12/08/2024 SK Life Science, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $71.11 General
11/13/2024 J2 BIO-PHARMA LLC Gift Cash or cash equivalent $100.00 General
11/12/2024 UCB, Inc. Fintepla (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.17 General
Category: Neurology
10/30/2024 SK Life Science, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.24 General
09/21/2024 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $234.60 General
Category: Neurology
09/20/2024 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $604.95 General
Category: Neurology
09/20/2024 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $310.50 General
Category: Neurology
09/20/2024 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $237.63 General
Category: Neurology
09/20/2024 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $153.45 General
Category: Neurology
09/14/2024 NEUROPACE, INC. RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $124.06 General
Category: Epilepsy
09/13/2024 NEUROPACE, INC. RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $215.46 General
Category: Epilepsy
09/13/2024 NEUROPACE, INC. RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.38 General
Category: Epilepsy
08/29/2024 JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. EPIDIOLEX (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $121.95 General
Category: NEUROLOGY
08/22/2024 Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ZONISADE (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.65 General
Category: CEREBROVASCULARCNS
07/11/2024 UCB, Inc. Briviact (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.87 General
Category: Neurology
07/08/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.03 General
06/11/2024 SK Life Science, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $74.40 General
05/23/2024 NEUROPACE, INC. RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $88.94 General
Category: Epilepsy
05/18/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $8,046.00 General
05/18/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $189.55 General
05/18/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $74.99 General
05/18/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $48.00 General
05/18/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.84 General
05/18/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.36 General

About Sookyong Koh, MD PHD

Sookyong Koh, MD PHD is a Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology healthcare provider based in Chicago, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/10/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1124096698.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Sookyong Koh, MD PHD has received a total of $63,155 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $12,489 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 185 transactions from 30 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($28,801).

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • VALTOCO (Drug) $15,997
  • VIGADRONE (vigabatrin) for Oral Solution (Drug) $4,333
  • VNS Therapy (Device) $3,213
  • Brineura (Biological) $3,168
  • Fintepla (Drug) $2,684
  • KINERET (Drug) $1,029
  • JZP-385 $808.00
  • RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) $570.84
  • Fycompa (Drug) $522.33
  • EPIDIOLEX (Drug) $480.75
  • Epidiolex (Drug) $308.11
  • ZEPOSIA (Drug) $247.84
  • ONFI (Drug) $236.07
  • Nayzilam (Drug) $188.06
  • Vimizim (Biological) $174.17
  • Palynziq (Drug) $145.04
  • XCOPRI (Drug) $128.37
  • SABRIL (Drug) $125.00
  • Evrysdi (Drug) $118.56
  • ZTALMY (Drug) $117.49

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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