Melissa Lawhon
Pediatrics · Shreveport, LANPI 1275593998
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 92 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corium, LLC at 25.2% of the total.
Across 92 payments — averaging $19.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$451
- GSK$215
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$212
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$159
- Pfizer$112
- Merck$105
- plus $538 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,791100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 19 | $451 |
| GSK | 15 | $215 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $212 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $159 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $112 |
| Merck | 8 | $105 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $46 |
| Gilead | 1 | $43 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Organon | 1 | $25 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Biogen | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 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.
- JORNAY PM$125
How this compares
$1,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 913 pediatrics providers in Louisiana.
Other pediatrics in Shreveport
- Neslihan GungorShreveport$16K
- Mamatha MandavaShreveport$8K
- Kendra LandryShreveport$5K
- Lori PhillipsShreveport$3K
- Margaret CrittellShreveport$3K
- Donald MackShreveport$3K
- Mackey QuinlanShreveport$3K
- Stuart ClarkShreveport$2K
- Corey HebertGretna$1.3M
- Katie QueenBogalusa$61K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.