Debra Chernosky
Dermatology · Houston, TXNPI 1770583494
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 141 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,503 and has fallen 91.7% since, to $125 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $4,085.
Across 141 payments — averaging $29.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$961
- Novartis$778
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$556
- AbbVie$323
- Almirall LLC$270
- Incyte Corporation$264
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,214100%
- Education$30%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 33 | $961 |
| Novartis | 36 | $778 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 23 | $556 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $323 |
| Almirall LLC | 4 | $270 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $264 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $257 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $250 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $165 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 8 | $137 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $90 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $14 |
| 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
$4,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Other dermatology in Houston
- Alpesh DesaiHouston$1.6M
- Geeta PatelHouston$575K
- Michael MigdenHouston$310K
- Catherine PapasakelariouHouston$289K
- Stephen MahoneyHouston$137K
- Edward LainAustin$2.5M
- William CragunSan Antonio$2.2M
- Craig TellerBellaire$1.3M
- Jennifer CatherDallas$1.3M
- Emily BeckerSan Antonio$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.