Ashley Shoemaker
Pediatric Endocrinology · Nashville, TNNPI 1356499438
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $43,644 of the $49,894 with a category attached, or 87.5%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 51.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $30,786, 6.4 times the $4,840 reported in 2021. Among pediatric endocrinology clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 24 payments — averaging $2078.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$26K
- Soleno Therapeutics, Inc.$20K
- Radius Health, Inc.$2K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$2K
Across 881 payments — averaging $3194.19 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1.5M
- Soleno Therapeutics, Inc.$477K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$277K
- Novo Nordisk AS$153K
- Vivus LLC$146K
- Radius Health, Inc.$98K
- plus $133K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,21812%
- Speaking & faculty fees$43,64487%
- Food & beverage$330%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 19 | $25,854 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20,000 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $2,365 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $1,675 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$49,894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 37 pediatric endocrinology providers in Tennessee.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Nashville
- Justin GregoryNashville$254K
- Jill SimmonsNashville$43K
- Daniel MooreNashville$32K
- Puthenpurackal MathewNashville$8K
- Jaclyn TamaroffNashville$3K
- Jennifer KelleyNashville$3K
- Karishma DatyeNashville$1K
- William RussellNashville$1K
- Jeremy BrownNashville$212
- Varsha ThomasNashville$176
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.