Lisa Knight
Pediatric Endocrinology · Columbia, SCNPI 1235213935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 56.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,045, more than ten times the $25 reported in 2019.
Across 62 payments — averaging $53.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- Insulet Corporation$246
- Novo Nordisk$151
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$139
- AbbVie$125
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$73
- plus $718 from 20 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $2963.23 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.
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$50K
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$27K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,80055%
- Food & beverage$1,50045%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $1,848 |
| Insulet Corporation | 5 | $246 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $151 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $125 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 4 | $73 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Abbott | 4 | $70 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $49 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $25 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
Too few pediatric endocrinology providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Columbia
- Alison LunsfordColumbia$13K
- Whitney BrownColumbia$2K
- Bhavana NaralaColumbia$1K
- Elaine AppersonGreenville$46K
- Tarina MendesSeneca$5K
- Deidre McSweeny-TysonFlorence$3K
- Ryan DyessGreenville$2K
- Katherine LewisGreenville$2K
- Melissa GargantaGreenville$925
- Remberto PauloCharleston$675
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.