Eliot Thompson
Pediatrics · Louisville, KYNPI 1265585731
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 69 payments — averaging $22.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$272
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$187
- Merck$152
- GSK$147
- Biogen$126
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$121
- plus $531 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,536100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 9 | $272 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $187 |
| Merck | 8 | $152 |
| GSK | 10 | $147 |
| Biogen | 2 | $126 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $121 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 6 | $107 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 5 | $75 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Dermira, 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
$1,536 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 777 pediatrics providers in Kentucky.
Other pediatrics in Louisville
- John BlairLouisville$972K
- Jeffrey WamplerLouisville$887K
- Wendy DalyLouisville$614K
- James BadgettLouisville$277K
- Renee HeustisLouisville$270K
- Christian BerkhahnLouisville$85K
- Maurice AllgeierLouisville$38K
- Patricia PurcellLouisville$27K
- Amber PendletonLouisville$10K
- Jeetendra SahLouisville$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.