Doctors in Ruston, LA
200 clinicians with a payment, billing or prescribing record on file, and $1,176,605 in reported general payments across Open Payments program years 2019–2025.
- Clinicians
- 200
- Total reported
- $1.2M
- Average per clinician
- $5,883
- Specialties listed
- 12
Drug and device companies bought food or drink for clinicians in Ruston 14,584 times, worth $285,215 — an average of $20 each. Nationally, food and beverage is nine in ten reported payments and under a tenth of the money; this is what that looks like in one town.
Highest reported payments in Ruston
A high position here usually reflects a consulting, speaking or royalty arrangement rather than anything untoward — see how to read these figures before drawing conclusions.
- 1William SmithCardiovascular Disease$693,535
- 2Ashlea HillFamily$168,692
- 3William SandersFamily Medicine$16,379
- 4Michael PhillipsFamily Medicine$16,228
- 5Derek McCluskySurgery$14,367
- 6Michael EhrlichNeurology$12,720
- 7Jessica StewartFamily$11,612
- 8David OsafoHematology & Oncology$11,317
- 9Meghan KavanaughFamily$9,028
- 10Joshua MandrellDermatology$8,537
- 11Navneet SharmaPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation$7,762
- 12Benson GrigsbyFamily Medicine$7,722
- 13Kathryn ClabornFamily$7,186
- 14Beau BurtonFamily$6,658
- 15Stacey SpearsFamily$6,521
- 16George SmithCardiovascular Disease$6,521
- 17Soheil SabzevariOrthopaedic Surgery$6,348
- 18Elyse MillsFamily$5,852
- 19Omar ChaaboInterventional Cardiology$5,599
- 20Herbert VandenbergPsychiatry$5,386
- 21Gary AvalloneOptometrist$5,270
- 22Nicola KentFamily$5,131
- 23Charles FurrPhysician Assistant$5,113
- 24Jared VincentOphthalmology$4,973
- 25Andrew SmithCardiovascular Disease$4,786
- 26Mark BlackwelderInternal Medicine$4,510
- 27Linzie HebertMedical$4,429
- 28Ashley WalpoleFamily$4,348
- 29Garrett SoileauPhysician Assistant$4,186
- 30John EvansPhysician Assistant$3,982
- 31John WardDentist$3,789
- 32Johnathan BainesFamily Medicine$3,707
- 33Monte MoorePsychiatric/Mental Health, Child & Family$3,443
- 34Kristina BarberFamily$3,364
- 35Jennifer FloydVision Therapy$3,200
- 36Elvin TubreInternal Medicine$3,017
- 37Thomas SmithPulmonary Disease$2,957
- 38Alexis FrasierFamily$2,947
- 39David AndersOptometrist$2,917
- 40Lucy DouglasFamily Health$2,915
- 41Rochelle Robicheaux MetoyerRheumatology$2,909
- 42Charles TannerUrology$2,282
- 43Shawn MurphyDentist$2,274
- 44Edie LemleyNurse Practitioner$2,213
- 45Stacy ConvilleFamily Medicine$2,117
- 46Carson DahlDentist$2,109
- 47Emery AaronPhysician Assistant$2,087
- 48Holly KiddInternal Medicine$2,082
- 49James BelueFamily Medicine$1,945
- 50Cody BlackwelderSurgery$1,933
- 51Shrieka EvansFamily$1,902
- 52Caleb StanfieldEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism$1,835
- 53Erin LancasterFamily$1,580
- 54Jerry JohnstonDentist$1,455
- 55Jennifer PaineFamily$1,418
- 56Cynthia VolentineDentist$1,408
- 57Paul NovakovichOrthopaedic Surgery$1,363
- 58Anna FullerOptometrist$1,305
- 59James McWhorterObstetrics & Gynecology$1,266
- 60Haley JonesFamily$1,265