Melanie McDowell, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Virginia Beach, VANPI 1912132051
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 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 12.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 60 payments — averaging $20.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$151
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC$144
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$129
- AbbVie$127
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$99
- Organon$85
- plus $482 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,216100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $151 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 9 | $144 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $127 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $99 |
| Organon | 4 | $85 |
| Biogen | 4 | $85 |
| Bayer | 2 | $47 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $13 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,216 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 992 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Virginia.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 22 | $2,639 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Virginia Beach
- Mary Ojo-CaronsVirginia Beach$8K
- Jennifer BalderstonVirginia Beach$6K
- Thomas KimbleNorfolk$286K
- Jack AyoubLeesburg$279K
- Kurian ThottStafford$216K
- Nina SmithHarrisonburg$199K
- Joseph TroiseSalem$144K
- Bunan AlnaifChesapeake$139K
- James JonesRichmond$134K
- Melissa DelgadoVienna$95K
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.