Michael Schlesinger
Urology · Statesville, NCNPI 1922086966
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (32.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axonics, Inc. at 45.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,377 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $17 in 2024.
Across 151 payments — averaging $87.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axonics, Inc.$6K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$5K
- Neotract Inc.$771
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$306
- AbbVie$287
- Pfizer$183
- plus $708 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1669%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,23532%
- Travel & lodging$4,03030%
- Food & beverage$3,71028%
- Education$1131%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axonics, Inc. | 26 | $6,028 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 33 | $4,973 |
| Neotract Inc. | 13 | $771 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 19 | $306 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $287 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $183 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 4 | $101 |
| Coloplast | 4 | $86 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $78 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $53 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $48 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $47 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $39 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 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.
- Axonics$4,992
- MYRBETRIQ$4,235
- Bulkamid$1,034
- Axonics r-SNM System$636
- UroLift$377
How this compares
$13,254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 434 urology providers in North Carolina.
Other urology in Statesville
- Robert LippittSmithfield$11.4M
- Michael KennellyCharlotte$1.3M
- John KasparRaleigh$1.1M
- Judd MoulDurham$1M
- Daniel GeorgeDurham$1M
- Scott MacdiarmidGreensboro$774K
- Glenn PremingerDurham$736K
- Michael LipkinDurham$293K
- Culley CarsonChapel Hill$275K
- Aaron LentzRaleigh$251K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.