David Gerstein
Dermatology · Indianapolis, INNPI 1164428660
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,445 of the $9,649 with a category attached, or 77.2%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,110 and has fallen 76.6% since, to $726 in 2025.
Across 330 payments — averaging $29.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$2K
- Incyte Corporation$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$649
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$619
- Sanofi$446
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,04421%
- Food & beverage$7,44577%
- Education$1602%
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(2 entities) | 33 | $2,469 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 126 | $2,066 |
| Incyte Corporation | 43 | $1,340 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 33 | $649 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 17 | $619 |
| Sanofi | 26 | $446 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $383 |
| Novartis | 15 | $331 |
| Amgen | 6 | $314 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $242 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $161 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 6 | $147 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $33 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Biofrontera 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
$9,649 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 202 dermatology providers in Indiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 12 | $276 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Indianapolis
- David RosmarinIndianapolis$1.1M
- Christopher ObeimeIndianapolis$907K
- Scott FretzinIndianapolis$794K
- Priya YoungIndianapolis$492K
- Nikolajs PerdueIndianapolis$302K
- Kenneth DawesIndianapolis$51K
- Annette DinneenIndianapolis$22K
- Michael IsaacsIndianapolis$14K
- Ann HyattIndianapolis$13K
- Christy NebesioIndianapolis$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.