Cheryl Thellman-Karcher
Dermatology · New York, NYNPI 1912952383
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 134 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Revance Therapeutics, Inc. at 49.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,254, 7.5 times the $301 reported in 2019.
Across 134 payments — averaging $33.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$688
- EPI Health, LLC$22
- Journey Medical Corporation$14
- Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$14
Across 33 payments — averaging $5089.89 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AbbVie$131K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$37K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,496100%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $2,216 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 94 | $1,560 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 34 | $688 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 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.
- DAXXIFY$2,150
- BOTOX COSMETIC$298
- BOTOX$243
How this compares
$4,513 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,151 dermatology providers in New York.
Other dermatology in New York
- Alexandra GolantNew York$3.6M
- David CohenNew York$3M
- Michael CameronNew York$2.6M
- Saakshi KhattriNew York$2.4M
- Amy WechslerNew York$2.4M
- Joshua ZeichnerNew York$2.1M
- Emma GuttmanNew York$1.7M
- George HanNew York$1.6M
- Amy SpizuocoNew York$1.3M
- Andrew AlexisNew York$834K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.