Lauren Lucas
Pediatrics · Charleston, SCNPI 1912389628
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 79 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $428, 2.6 times the $164 reported in 2019.
Across 79 payments — averaging $18.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$203
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$190
- Pfizer$159
- Corium, LLC$148
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$98
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$93
- plus $604 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,48099%
- Other$151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 12 | $203 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $190 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $159 |
| Corium, LLC | 7 | $148 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $93 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $79 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $64 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $13 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,495 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Charleston
- Stephen StriplingCharleston$31K
- Robert CliffordCharleston$8K
- James McElligottCharleston$6K
- John TraynhamCharleston$4K
- Todd VaskoCharleston$3K
- Phillip McGahaCharleston$2K
- Aimee GoedeckeCharleston$2K
- Micah VaskoCharleston$2K
- Christina CuffCharleston$2K
- Vanessa AdamsCharleston$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.