Catherine Sipe
Adolescent Medicine · Smyrna, TNNPI 1184603854
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.9% of the total across 87 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 24.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $354 and has fallen 55.5% since, to $158 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $18.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$391
- Merck$275
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$177
- GSK$170
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$100
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$83
- plus $381 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,52897%
- Education$272%
- Other$221%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 22 | $391 |
| Merck | 16 | $275 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $177 |
| GSK | 10 | $170 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $83 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 4 | $64 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 3 | $44 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $22 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- EUCRISA$127
How this compares
$1,577 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 34 adolescent medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other adolescent medicine in Smyrna
- Martha BowdenMemphis$50K
- Ara HanissianCollierville$26K
- Alston WarrGermantown$7K
- Mary RomanoNashville$5K
- Lea LundHendersonville$3K
- Landon CombsGray$2K
- Stephen CombsGray$2K
- Lloyd FranklinCookeville$1K
- John HeiseChattanooga$1K
- Ashley RhodesMonteagle$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.