Lewis Schulman
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1265412415
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 112 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $841 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $25 in 2023.
Across 112 payments — averaging $18.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$616
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$243
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$178
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$98
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$77
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$72
- plus $779 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,063100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 32 | $616 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 6 | $243 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 11 | $178 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 7 | $98 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 3 | $66 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $64 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Bayer | 3 | $58 |
| Amgen | 4 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $48 |
| Lupin Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $30 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,063 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 537 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Alabama.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Birmingham
- Theodore TsaltasBirmingham$853K
- Tomeka RobertsBirmingham$44K
- Percy HudsonBirmingham$29K
- Heidi StraughnBirmingham$29K
- William HudsonBirmingham$13K
- William JohnsonBirmingham$10K
- Cynthia BrownBirmingham$10K
- Loretta PrestonBirmingham$10K
- Laura Lee JoinerBirmingham$9K
- Victoria WheelerBirmingham$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.