John Gschwend
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Bethesda, MDNPI 1386691582
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $586 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $72 in 2022.
Across 88 payments — averaging $19.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$478
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$148
- Duchesnay USA Incorporated$119
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$96
- Pfizer$96
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$78
- plus $692 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,67498%
- Education$332%
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(2 entities) | 27 | $478 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 7 | $148 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $119 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $96 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $78 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Millicent US Inc | 5 | $73 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Bayer | 4 | $65 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $38 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Organon | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 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.
- Osphena$119
How this compares
$1,707 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 842 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Maryland.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Bethesda
- Logan PetersonBethesda$52K
- Katherine DenglerBethesda$15K
- Otis StittSilver Spring$641K
- Danielle ShillerBaltimore$221K
- Matthew ReevesChevy Chase$149K
- Karen WangBaltimore$91K
- Rebecca StoneBaltimore$88K
- Abigail GregoryOakland$63K
- Christina EnzmannBaltimore$63K
- Lisa RarickChesapeake Beach$54K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.