Ian Watson
Dermatology · Austin, TXNPI 1689134900
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,507 of the $4,060 with a category attached, or 86.4%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 30.3% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $4,085.
Across 122 payments — averaging $33.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$516
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$376
- Sanofi$372
- Johnson & Johnson$270
- Amgen$194
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2506%
- Food & beverage$3,50786%
- Education$3047%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 42 | $1,229 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $516 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $376 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $372 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $270 |
| Amgen | 9 | $194 |
| Organon | 1 | $180 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $145 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $127 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 6 | $115 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $100 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $67 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $39 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
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
$4,060 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 92 | $1,093 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 53 | $723 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 18 | $705 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 22 | $652 |
| Fluocinonide | 15 | $641 |
| Minoxidil | 15 | $150 |
| Fluconazole | 15 | $124 |
| Hydrocortisone | 18 | $120 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 13 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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.