Lesley Weghorn
Pediatrics · Edgewood, KYNPI 1821050717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 45 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $302 and has fallen 76.7% since, to $70 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $17.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$99
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$97
- Corium, LLC$86
- Merck$48
- Novo Nordisk$47
- Exact Sciences$44
- plus $363 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$784100%
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. | 7 | $99 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $97 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $86 |
| Merck | 3 | $48 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $47 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $44 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $35 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 2 | $27 |
| Biogen | 1 | $21 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$784 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 777 pediatrics providers in Kentucky.
Other pediatrics in Edgewood
- Sirish PalleHyden$89K
- Christian BerkhahnLouisville$85K
- Maurice AllgeierLouisville$38K
- Stanley BlockBardstown$34K
- Michael SimonNicholasville$32K
- Patricia PurcellLouisville$27K
- Daniel FinnBardstown$17K
- Lakshmi KoonapuFort Campbell$15K
- John CecilPaducah$13K
- Amber PendletonLouisville$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.