Beryl Brown, MD
General Surgery · Virginia Beach, VANPI 1245279033
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.5% of the total across 64 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 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,443 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $205 in 2025.
Across 64 payments — averaging $39.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Molli Surgical (US) Inc$521
- Leica Microsystems Inc.$380
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$187
- Merck$182
- Medtronic$172
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$156
- plus $924 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1908%
- Food & beverage$2,33392%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Molli Surgical (US) Inc | 2 | $521 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 2 | $380 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $187 |
| Merck | 3 | $182 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $172 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $156 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $141 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $83 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $79 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $78 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $42 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $22 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$143
- KEYTRUDA$124
- myRisk$119
- NATRELLE$107
How this compares
$2,523 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 40 general surgery providers in Virginia.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 38 | $110 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general surgery in Virginia Beach
- Basil SkenderisVirginia Beach$12K
- Jeffrey BergerVirginia Beach$1K
- Matthew BrengmanRichmond$156K
- Claire CarmanNorfolk$13K
- Gregory SchroderRichmond$12K
- Anthony TerracinaNewport News$2K
- George HubbardNorfolk$709
- Scott OneilMartinsville$515
- James MehaffeyCharlottesville$436
- Luciano D'amatoBig Stone Gap$47
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.