Lynda Dougherty, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Oakland, MDNPI 1376534149
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $292 of the $345 with a category attached, or 84.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Braintree Laboratories, Inc. at 30.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $110 and has fallen 66.1% since, to $37 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $1,789.
Across 16 payments — averaging $21.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$106
- AbbVie$98
- Boston Scientific$46
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$37
- Stryker$29
- THD America, Inc.$15
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$29285%
- Gifts$5315%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $106 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $46 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$345 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 29 colon & rectal surgery providers in Maryland.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Oakland
- Irina BernescuBaltimore$93K
- Bashar SafarBaltimore$26K
- Joshua WolfBaltimore$24K
- Philip FerrisBaltimore$11K
- Ivane ChuaTowson$10K
- Valerie Cabrera LeonTowson$10K
- Joseph DiroccoTowson$8K
- James ZaluckiEllicott City$5K
- James DuncanBethesda$5K
- Chady AtallahBaltimore$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.