David McDermott
Infectious Disease · Bethesda, MDNPI 1801919824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Bayer. That places this record below the midpoint for infectious disease clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $209.
Across 1 payment — averaging $78.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$78
Across 7 payments — averaging $451,877 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.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$3.2M
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$78100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 1 | $78 |
How this compares
$78 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 289 infectious disease providers in Maryland.
Other infectious disease in Bethesda
- Michael PolisBethesda$70K
- Caryn MorseBethesda$19K
- Amy KlionBethesda$5K
- Robert RedfieldBaltimore$779K
- Luciana BorioBaltimore$671K
- Philip KrausePotomac$659K
- Mark SulkowskiBaltimore$240K
- Jonathan ZenilmanBaltimore$202K
- Phuong TrinhSilver Spring$196K
- Robert EdelmanBaltimore$125K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.