Melinda Penn
Pediatric Endocrinology · Norfolk, VANPI 1497845895
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.5% of the total across 52 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 52 payments — averaging $29.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$260
- Medtronic$201
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$132
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$107
- AbbVie$95
- Abbott$80
- plus $634 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,44095%
- Education$685%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $260 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $201 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $95 |
| Abbott | 4 | $80 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $77 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $70 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 3 | $69 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $63 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| RGH Enterprises LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$1,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 36 pediatric endocrinology providers in Virginia.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Norfolk
- Kent ReifschneiderNorfolk$133K
- Eric GyuricskoNorfolk$8K
- Nicole NejedlyNorfolk$782
- Natinder SainiNorfolk$746
- Marta Satin-SmithNorfolk$661
- Melissa RussellNorfolk$634
- Melissa BurykNorfolk$172
- Bryce NelsonRichmond$115K
- David RepaskeCharlottesville$51K
- Melissa SchoelwerCharlottesville$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.