Eric Shepard, MD
Anesthesiology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1124061643
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,870 of the $15,879 with a category attached, or 68.5%. Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated accounts for 94.8% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,186 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $21 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MD 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 38 payments — averaging $417.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$15K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$361
- Avanos Medical$138
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$119
- Brixton Biosciences, Inc.$110
- Omeros Corporation$34
- plus $59 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,87068%
- Travel & lodging$3,53922%
- Food & beverage$1,4709%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 23 | $15,057 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $361 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $138 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $119 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $110 |
| Omeros Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $17 |
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.
- EXPAREL$14,742
- Zynrelef$146
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$120
- NURTEC ODT$119
How this compares
$15,879 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 953 anesthesiology providers in Maryland.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Baltimore
- Peter PronovostBaltimore$608K
- Jackie MartinBaltimore$81K
- Reney HendersonBaltimore$63K
- Brian ChoBaltimore$57K
- Nadia HensleyBaltimore$16K
- Aneesh GoelBaltimore$14K
- James AbernathyBaltimore$11K
- Robert StevensBaltimore$10K
- Akhil RastogiBaltimore$9K
- Jennifer HarrisBaltimore$8K
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.