Deborah Christiansen
Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics · Knoxville, TNNPI 1689764656
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $91,175 of the $108,087 with a category attached, or 84.4%. Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 98.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $25,292, more than ten times the $288 reported in 2019.
Across 293 payments — averaging $368.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$107K
- Tris Pharma Inc$494
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$454
- Corium, LLC$280
- Neos Therapeutics, LP$124
- GSK$44
- plus $139 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$91,17584%
- Travel & lodging$11,97611%
- Food & beverage$4,9365%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 213 | $106,552 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 28 | $494 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 25 | $454 |
| Corium, LLC | 9 | $280 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 7 | $124 |
| GSK | 3 | $44 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $32 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
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
Too few developmental - behavioral pediatrics providers in Tennesseeto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other developmental - behavioral pediatrics in Knoxville
- Felicia KnowlesGermantown$40K
- Caitlin NichollNashville$848
- Kristin BirdNashville$319
- Theodora PinnockNashville$195
- Cindy ChestaroChattanooga$137
- Ricardo CausoChattanooga$117
- Debra HannaMemphis$83
- Toni WhitakerMemphis$44
- Rachel GoodeNashville$43
- Ronald EspinalMemphis$17
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.