Cara Erkut
Psychiatry · Mercer Island, WANPI 1134440266
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,750 of the $13,854 with a category attached, or 84.8%. Genentech, Inc. accounts for 84.8% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $11,750 and has fallen 88.5% since, to $1,351 in 2025. Among psychiatry clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 106 payments — averaging $130.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$12K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$526
- AbbVie$424
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$202
- Johnson & Johnson$198
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$152
- plus $602 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,75085%
- Food & beverage$2,05715%
- Education$470%
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.
How this compares
$13,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 576 psychiatry providers in Washington.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 16 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatry in Mercer Island
- David DunnerMercer Island$79K
- Christina DemopulosMercer Island$9K
- Ryan FugateMercer Island$4K
- Jeffrey HansenVancouver$2.8M
- Chester RobachinskiSeattle$1.1M
- Larry BornsteinEverett$663K
- Matthew BogoyasYakima$500K
- Pablo ProanoSeattle$112K
- Jesse McClellandSeattle$39K
- Douglas WornellFox Island$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.