Melissa Chiang
Dermatopathology · Spring, TXNPI 1568531739
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $124,458 of the $162,571 with a category attached, or 76.6%. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 85.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $46,835 and has fallen 80.3% since, to $9,239 in 2025. Among dermatopathology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 352 payments — averaging $461.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$138K
- AbbVie$13K
- Merz North America, Inc.$10K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$469
- Incyte Corporation$156
- Davol Inc.$94
- plus $181 from 5 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $6273.10 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.
- AbbVie$88K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,55610%
- Speaking & faculty fees$124,45877%
- Travel & lodging$10,1406%
- Food & beverage$11,3757%
- Education$80%
- Gifts$340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 178 | $138,435 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 115 | $12,966 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 46 | $10,270 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $469 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $156 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $51 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Novartis | 2 | $30 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $12 |
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
$162,571 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 54 dermatopathology providers in Texas.
Other dermatopathology in Spring
- Maria ColomeSpring$796
- Angela MooreArlington$423K
- Alde GavinoLiberty Hill$110K
- Clay CockerellDallas$40K
- Michael TetzlaffHoustion$38K
- Matthew PetittPasadena$23K
- Miranda EwelukwaSugar Land$22K
- Ronald HarrisAustin$14K
- Andrew FischerHouston$11K
- Titilola SodeDallas$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.