Julie Shepard
Pediatrics · Huber Heights, OHNPI 1154416675
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (35.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Pfizer accounts for 84.7% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,334 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $53 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in OH 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 29 payments — averaging $497.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$12K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Merck$1K
Across 1,484 payments — averaging $4198.94 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$1.9M
- Incyte Corporation$1.3M
- Merck$951K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$775K
- GSK$496K
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$265K
- plus $524K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,04035%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,13036%
- Travel & lodging$3,29823%
- Food & beverage$9537%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 16 | $12,216 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $1,170 |
| Merck | 2 | $1,035 |
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
$14,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,041 pediatrics providers in Ohio.
Other pediatrics in Huber Heights
- Jon DvorakPerrysburg$212K
- Charles DebrosseCincinnati$135K
- Scott WexelblattCincinnati$64K
- Breanne RocheSolon$58K
- Richard BreenHilliard$43K
- Catherine McDanielDayton$34K
- Lisa RichardsToledo$31K
- Kristie RossCleveland$20K
- Jessica CastonguayAkron$18K
- Ryan SummersCleveland$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.