Melvin Goldin
Psychiatry · Memphis, TNNPI 1679523609
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 170 payments — averaging $17.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$552
- Johnson & Johnson$525
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$323
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$318
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$295
- Shire North American Group Inc$236
- plus $717 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,83195%
- Education$1345%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 42 | $552 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $525 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $323 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $318 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 14 | $295 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 18 | $236 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $185 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 6 | $110 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $61 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $18 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $18 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- SPRAVATO$242
How this compares
$2,965 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 503 psychiatry providers in Tennessee.
Other psychiatry in Memphis
- Anita VarmaMemphis$1.3M
- Daniel BoydMemphis$69K
- Melissa ShelbyMemphis$14K
- Kenny TerryMemphis$14K
- Robert HoehnMemphis$12K
- Rakesh AminNashville$3M
- Brian BonfardinJohnson City$2.6M
- Paul NewhouseNashville$1.4M
- John FenleyJohnson City$1.4M
- Patricia AndrewsNashville$748K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.