Jessalyn Meeks
Pediatrics · Atlanta, GANPI 1144425588
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,349 of the $2,016 with a category attached, or 66.9%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biomerieux Inc at 33.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $745 and has fallen 71.2% since, to $215 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in GA 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 69 payments — averaging $29.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomerieux Inc$667
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$113
- Corium, LLC$112
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$111
- Biofire Diagnostics, LLC$99
- Pfizer$91
- plus $823 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$66733%
- Food & beverage$1,34967%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $667 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $113 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $112 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $91 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $90 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 5 | $80 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 5 | $79 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $73 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 5 | $69 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $40 |
| Merck | 3 | $37 |
| GSK | 2 | $30 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,016 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,111 pediatrics providers in Georgia.
Other pediatrics in Atlanta
- Amir AshrafiAtlanta$563K
- Satheesh ChonatAtlanta$147K
- Karen ZimowskiAtlanta$139K
- Iyabode Akinsanya-BeysolowAtlanta$103K
- Lauren MiddlebrooksAtlanta$71K
- Rebecca EmoryAtlanta$40K
- Mark GriffithsAtlanta$34K
- Kelly TickleAtlanta$29K
- Robert WiskindAtlanta$21K
- Mary BertossiAtlanta$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.