Lauren Wheeler
Pediatrics · Columbia, TNNPI 1336554369
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 90 payments — averaging $16.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$272
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$249
- Tris Pharma Inc$195
- GSK$177
- Corium, LLC$94
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$69
- plus $404 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,459100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $272 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $249 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 12 | $195 |
| GSK | 12 | $177 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $94 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 4 | $61 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 4 | $59 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $52 |
| Merck | 3 | $49 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $31 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $12 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,459 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,338 pediatrics providers in Tennessee.
Other pediatrics in Columbia
- Clifford SeylerTullahoma$1.9M
- Nehali PatelMemphis$1.3M
- Richard GloverKnoxville$1.1M
- Joseph LeyKingsport$853K
- Laurie Harris-FordClarksville$401K
- Meghana SrinivasJohnson City$166K
- Madeline EllisGallatin$134K
- Jason JohnsonMemphis$131K
- Donald LewisKingsport$118K
- Daniel Moreira RidsdaleMemphis$100K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.