Ashley Weathers
Neurological Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1477029106
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 76 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $458 and has fallen 51.7% since, to $221 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $3,798.
Across 76 payments — averaging $20.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$230
- Medtronic$170
- GSK$162
- Sobi, Inc$118
- Corium, LLC$98
- Kaleo, Inc.$88
- plus $661 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,527100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 12 | $230 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $170 |
| GSK | 9 | $162 |
| Sobi, Inc | 5 | $118 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $98 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $79 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $76 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $66 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $52 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $38 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,527 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 173 neurological surgery providers in Arizona.
Other neurological surgery in Tucson
- Richard ChuaTucson$1.3M
- Li-Mei LinTucson$653K
- Ryan KretzerTucson$402K
- Julie PilitsisTucson$165K
- Paul LarsonTucson$96K
- Ibrahim AlhalalTucson$53K
- Timothy PuttyTucson$39K
- Ryan AustermanTucson$37K
- Kirsty HamiltonTucson$37K
- Arunit ChughTucson$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.