Chad Thornhill
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1093959181
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 168 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 30.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $812, 2.2 times the $365 reported in 2019.
Across 168 payments — averaging $18.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$957
- QOL Medical, LLC$483
- Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.$404
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$159
- Sanofi$151
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$142
- plus $879 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,176100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 57 | $957 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 23 | $483 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $404 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 11 | $159 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $151 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $142 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $141 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $114 |
| Sobi, Inc | 5 | $93 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 15 | $83 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $74 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $32 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $11 |
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
$3,176 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 42 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Tennessee.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Knoxville
- Youhanna Al-TawilKnoxville$9K
- David DevoidKnoxville$6K
- Caroline ConleyKnoxville$1K
- Cory StrobelKnoxville$508
- Dennis BlackMemphis$87K
- John EshunMemphis$26K
- Girish HiremathNashville$21K
- Conrad CoxBrentwood$4K
- Anjali MalkaniJohnson City$3K
- Ligia Alfaro CruzJohnson City$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.