John Pontzer
Pediatrics · North Wilkesboro, NCNPI 1952415200
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 224 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $811 and has fallen 50.2% since, to $404 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in NC 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 224 payments — averaging $17.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$611
- Corium, LLC$512
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$472
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$356
- Pfizer$323
- Neurelis, Inc.$293
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,943100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 29 | $611 |
| Corium, LLC | 26 | $512 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 33 | $472 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 20 | $356 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $323 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 15 | $293 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 13 | $241 |
| Merck | 13 | $207 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $189 |
| GSK | 10 | $162 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $137 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 7 | $105 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $59 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $56 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 2 | $32 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $13 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,943 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,818 pediatrics providers in North Carolina.
Other pediatrics in North Wilkesboro
- Timothy van NoyNorth Wilkesboro$5K
- Julie KochNorth Wilkesboro$5K
- Kristen MumfordNorth Wilkesboro$3K
- Dwight KoeberlDurham$8.4M
- Priya KishnaniDurham$5.8M
- James AndersonHigh Point$669K
- Joseph MuenzerChapel Hill$237K
- Ifeyinwa OsunkwoCharlotte$218K
- Edward SmithDurham$164K
- Katherine SmithRaleigh$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.