Karen Thrower
Pediatrics · Kennesaw, GANPI 1043262991
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.0% of the total across 71 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $470 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $71 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 71 payments — averaging $21.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$351
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$174
- EMD Serono, Inc.$146
- Corium, LLC$144
- Amgen$109
- Tris Pharma Inc$98
- plus $540 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$745%
- Food & beverage$1,45293%
- Education$70%
- Other$272%
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. | 18 | $351 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $174 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 4 | $146 |
| Corium, LLC | 7 | $144 |
| Amgen | 1 | $109 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 5 | $98 |
| Abbott | 1 | $74 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 4 | $66 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $54 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 2 | $38 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $27 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- UPLIZNA$109
How this compares
$1,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,111 pediatrics providers in Georgia.
Other pediatrics in Kennesaw
- Amir AshrafiAtlanta$563K
- Sandra ArmsteadLithonia$424K
- Satheesh ChonatAtlanta$147K
- Karen ZimowskiAtlanta$139K
- F CantrellMarietta$129K
- Iyabode Akinsanya-BeysolowAtlanta$103K
- Lauren MiddlebrooksAtlanta$71K
- Rebecca EmoryAtlanta$40K
- Mark GriffithsAtlanta$34K
- Kelly TickleAtlanta$29K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.