Ethan Lerner
Dermatology · Charlestown, MANPI 1023139276
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $1,678,253 of the $1,733,435 with a category attached, or 96.8%. Incyte Corporation accounts for 97.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,678,253 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $8,060 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in MA 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 30 payments — averaging $57,781 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Incyte Corporation$1.7M
- Eli Lilly$15K
- Pfizer$15K
- UCB SA$13K
- Amgen$3K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- plus $791 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $2465.00 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.
- Pfizer$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,1691%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,7082%
- Travel & lodging$5,9090%
- Food & beverage$3950%
- Other$1,678,25397%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $1,685,522 |
| Eli Lilly | 3 | $14,600 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $14,548 |
| UCB SA | 14 | $13,138 |
| Amgen | 2 | $3,275 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $1,560 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 1 | $625 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $40 |
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.
- EUCRISA$14,548
How this compares
$1,733,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 552 dermatology providers in Massachusetts.
Other dermatology in Charlestown
- John HarrisWorcester$15M
- Michael KaminerChestnut Hill$1.1M
- Jeffrey SobellChestnut Hill$986K
- Erik DominguesFall River$736K
- Alexandra KimballBoston$680K
- Arash MostaghimiBoston$591K
- David GreensteinBeverly$540K
- Brian HiblerBoston$498K
- Maryanne SennaBoston$430K
- Ruth Ann VleugelsBoston$368K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.