Kevin Watson
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Akron, OHNPI 1790006997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $8,000 of the $10,290 with a category attached, or 77.7%. QOL Medical, LLC accounts for 83.2% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,055 and has fallen 89.5% since, to $426 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $110.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- QOL Medical, LLC$9K
- AbbVie$430
- Echosens North America, Inc.$429
- Sanofi$282
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$177
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$65
- plus $345 from 12 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $7813.71 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.
- QOL Medical, LLC$46K
- Astrazeneca AB$33K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,00078%
- Food & beverage$2,28922%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| QOL Medical, LLC | 33 | $8,562 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $430 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $429 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $282 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $177 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $65 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $39 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $11 |
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
$10,290 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 114 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Akron
- Shivani GuptaAkron$6K
- Reinaldo Garcia-NaveiroAkron$5K
- Matthew WyneskiAkron$2K
- Christine Carter-KentAkron$2K
- Melissa LukesAkron$2K
- Sameer ImdadAkron$1K
- Amanda Abou-FadelAkron$1K
- Carolyn VespoliAkron$592
- William BalistreriCincinnati$176K
- James HeubiCincinnati$59K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.