Kerry Ressler
Psychiatry · Atlanta, GANPI 1558326785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $186,522 of the $196,324 with a category attached, or 95.0%. Sage Therapeutics, LLC accounts for 83.6% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $64,148 and has fallen 68.8% since, to $20,000 in 2025. Among psychiatry clinicians in GA 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 62 payments — averaging $3166.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$164K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$14K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$8K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$6K
- H. Lundbeck A S$4K
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
Across 2 payments — averaging $84,132 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$168K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$186,52295%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5002%
- Travel & lodging$2,8201%
- Food & beverage$3,4822%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 36 | $164,215 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 15 | $13,794 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $8,112 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $5,578 |
| H. Lundbeck A S | 1 | $3,500 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $1,125 |
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
$196,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 900 psychiatry providers in Georgia.
Other psychiatry in Atlanta
- David PurselleAtlanta$307K
- Michael BurkeAtlanta$217K
- Bryon EvansAtlanta$211K
- Patricio Riva PosseAtlanta$122K
- Ray HorwitzAtlanta$64K
- Boadie DunlopAtlanta$61K
- Zohaib HaqueAtlanta$49K
- Raymond KotwickiAtlanta$44K
- Joseph BergerAtlanta$24K
- Dwight OwensAtlanta$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.