Edward Herman
Dermatology · Bridgeport, CTNPI 1144752338
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $137,698 of the $181,132 with a category attached, or 76.0%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by LEO Pharma Inc. at 39.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $86,256, more than ten times the $509 reported in 2019. Among dermatology clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 495 payments — averaging $365.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- LEO Pharma Inc.$72K
- AbbVie$35K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$32K
- Sanofi$32K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3K
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- plus $4K from 16 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5332.00 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.
- Eli Lilly$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,91615%
- Speaking & faculty fees$137,69876%
- Travel & lodging$4,4142%
- Food & beverage$12,0167%
- Education$880%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 131 | $72,329 |
| AbbVie | 107 | $35,411 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 49 | $31,996 |
| Sanofi | 32 | $31,990 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 35 | $3,432 |
| UCB, Inc. | 41 | $2,305 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 16 | $1,473 |
| Novartis | 22 | $428 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $390 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $287 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $179 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $168 |
| Amgen | 5 | $148 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $126 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $121 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $114 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Organon | 2 | $30 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $26 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $22 |
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
$181,132 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 68 | $265,150 |
| Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab | 11 | $74,803 |
| XolairOmalizumab | 16 | $52,149 |
| AdbryTralokinumab-Ldrm | 12 | $49,722 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 11 | $40,664 |
| Tacrolimus | 46 | $6,755 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 122 | $4,358 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 58 | $2,934 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 150 | $2,326 |
| Ketoconazole | 84 | $1,326 |
| Calcipotriene | 13 | $1,012 |
| Metronidazole | 20 | $762 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 47 | $579 |
| Mupirocin | 54 | $388 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 16 | $319 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| LEO Pharma Inc.Adbry | $72,329 | $49,72212 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
Other dermatology in Bridgeport
- Katherine PesceBridgeport$13K
- Michael PayetteCromwell$3.2M
- Bruce StroberCromwell$2.9M
- Brett KingFairfield$2.5M
- Mona ShahriariCromwell$2.2M
- Jeremy MossMadison$2M
- Brittany CraiglowFairfield$1.9M
- Meagen McCuskerEnfield$1.8M
- Marcus McFerrenOrange$872K
- Christopher BunickNew Haven$661K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.