Dana Ellis, MD
Dermatology · Lakewood Ranch, FLNPI 1902171341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $29,159 of the $41,638 with a category attached, or 70.0%. Pfizer accounts for 84.2% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $17,127 and has fallen 58.8% since, to $7,057 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 237 payments — averaging $175.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$35K
- Dermira, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.$559
- Novartis$460
- UCB, Inc.$399
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,92514%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,15970%
- Travel & lodging$6812%
- Food & beverage$5,79014%
- Education$830%
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 | 48 | $35,058 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $1,819 |
| AbbVie | 35 | $1,021 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $559 |
| Novartis | 25 | $460 |
| UCB, Inc. | 11 | $399 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $397 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $378 |
| Amgen | 10 | $180 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $178 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 6 | $168 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $147 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $116 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 5 | $101 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $101 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $66 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $44 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $21 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals 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.
How this compares
$41,638 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,147 dermatology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OtezlaApremilast | 26 | $174,102 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 19 | $91,443 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 14 | $89,520 |
| AdbryTralokinumab-Ldrm | 15 | $59,911 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 106 | $4,891 |
| Tacrolimus | 30 | $2,816 |
| Fluorouracil | 31 | $2,245 |
| Ketoconazole | 155 | $1,884 |
| Tretinoin | 26 | $1,779 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 92 | $1,571 |
| Minoxidil | 143 | $1,478 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 114 | $1,299 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 40 | $1,132 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide | 21 | $1,057 |
| Metronidazole | 26 | $899 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $180 | $174,10226 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq | $1,021 | $89,52014 claims |
| LEO Pharma Inc.Adbry | $168 | $59,91115 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 1,147 dermatology providers in Florida.
Other dermatology in Lakewood Ranch
- Francisco KerdelMiami$2.1M
- Brad GlickMargate$2M
- Robert KirsnerMiami$1.4M
- John MinniStuart$1.4M
- Gil YosipovitchMiami$1M
- Shino Bay AguileraFt Lauderdale$1M
- Robert SnyderPembroke Pines$1M
- Marc IngleseTallahassee$989K
- Jeremy GreenCoral Gables$952K
- Mercedes GonzalezMiami$943K
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.