Deborah Oshields
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Augusta, GANPI 1285644781
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.3% of the total across 179 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 24.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $894 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $22 in 2024.
Across 179 payments — averaging $14.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$613
- AbbVie$419
- Bayer$157
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC$127
- Duchesnay USA Incorporated$114
- Pfizer$91
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,43196%
- Education$924%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 55 | $613 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 27 | $419 |
| Bayer | 10 | $157 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 9 | $127 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 11 | $114 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $91 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 6 | $86 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $84 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $71 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $64 |
| Amgen | 4 | $64 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Organon | 3 | $44 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Merck | 3 | $36 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Vistapharm, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| BD | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,523 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,324 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Georgia.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Augusta
- Murray FreedmanAugusta$48K
- Camilla ChanceAugusta$12K
- Edmund KimLawrenceville$628K
- Jacquelin WaltersDuluth$147K
- Nicole SparksJohns Creek$121K
- Lethenia BakerThomaston$111K
- Renee AllenAtlanta$74K
- Matthew RalstenFayetteville$64K
- Tosha Rogers-JonesAtlanta$46K
- Teresa ByrdMarietta$41K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.