Gregory Nikolaidis
Dermatology · Austin, TXNPI 1033181813
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (31.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 74.3% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $34,057 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $1,783 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in TX 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 330 payments — averaging $175.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$43K
- Merz North America, Inc.$11K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$2K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$656
- Abbott$285
- VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc.$174
- plus $458 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,60022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,36623%
- Travel & lodging$18,42232%
- Food & beverage$13,35723%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 182 | $42,896 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 49 | $11,085 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 63 | $2,197 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $656 |
| Abbott | 2 | $285 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $174 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 6 | $138 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $91 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $12 |
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.
- BOTOX COSMETIC$23,965
- XEOMIN$910
- BOTOX$907
- DAXXIFY$282
- CARDIOMEMS$149
- AMZEEQ$138
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$137
- ASCLERA$119
How this compares
$57,752 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Other dermatology in Austin
- Edward LainAustin$2.5M
- Daniel CarrascoAustin$1.1M
- Dale SchaeferAustin$1M
- Heidi PratherAustin$543K
- Ali ShahbazAustin$413K
- Jennifer GordonAustin$150K
- Madalyn NguyenAustin$127K
- William CragunSan Antonio$2.2M
- Alpesh DesaiHouston$1.6M
- Craig TellerBellaire$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.