Ebony Copeland
Adolescent Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1548404031
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $49,239 of the $57,519 with a category attached, or 85.6%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 45.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $21,966 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $220 in 2025. Among adolescent medicine clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 159 payments — averaging $361.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$26K
- Organon$17K
- Gilead$14K
- Johnson & Johnson$120
- Novo Nordisk$57
- Theratechnologies Inc.$53
- plus $215 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$49,23986%
- Travel & lodging$5,98910%
- Food & beverage$2,2924%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 45 | $26,151 |
| Organon | 31 | $17,248 |
| Gilead | 59 | $13,677 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $120 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $57 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $49 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 4 | $44 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $27 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$57,519 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 60 adolescent medicine providers in Illinois.
Other adolescent medicine in Chicago
- Lisa Henry ReidChicago$2K
- Cari TarnowskiChicago$1K
- Jaime MartinezChicago$1K
- Tram LuuChicago$979
- Laura MikhailChicago$905
- Sonia WengerhoffChicago$405
- Mohamed ShajiChicago$372
- Kirsten CharnondChicago$240
- Terrance WeedenChicago$149
- Karen BernsteinChicago$92
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.