Katherine Swearingin
Pediatrics · Akron, OHNPI 1447542519
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 69 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 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $339, 2.2 times the $156 reported in 2019.
Across 69 payments — averaging $20.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$315
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$282
- Merck$139
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$136
- GSK$94
- Pfizer$88
- plus $339 from 10 others
Across 99 payments — averaging $5599.44 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$554K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,391100%
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. | 14 | $315 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 12 | $282 |
| Merck | 10 | $139 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $136 |
| GSK | 5 | $94 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $88 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 4 | $80 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $37 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $36 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Organon | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,041 pediatrics providers in Ohio.
Other pediatrics in Akron
- Jessica CastonguayAkron$18K
- Jon DvorakPerrysburg$212K
- Charles DebrosseCincinnati$135K
- Scott WexelblattCincinnati$64K
- Breanne RocheSolon$58K
- Richard BreenHilliard$43K
- Catherine McDanielDayton$34K
- Lisa RichardsToledo$31K
- Kristie RossCleveland$20K
- 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.