Michelle Samarian
Physician Assistant · Trenton, MINPI 1336678481
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 219 payments — averaging $17.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$621
- Johnson & Johnson$511
- Lilly USA, LLC$476
- AbbVie$446
- Novo Nordisk$211
- Exact Sciences$192
- plus $1K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,872100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 42 | $621 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 27 | $511 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 27 | $476 |
| AbbVie | 22 | $446 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $211 |
| Exact Sciences | 10 | $192 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $187 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $167 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $101 |
| Novartis | 6 | $99 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 6 | $92 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Abbott | 4 | $58 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $57 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Merck | 3 | $49 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $38 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $20 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$3,872 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,453 physician assistant providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 29 | $758 |
| Ketoconazole | 19 | $456 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 16 | $392 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Trenton
- Sarang PatelRoyal Oak$660K
- Beth SweneyAda$617K
- Zainab JishiCanton$596K
- Taylor HennrickAdrian$430K
- Erin van DykeGrand Rapids$346K
- Ashley AldridgeAnn Arbor$298K
- Derek SusallaRochester Hills$242K
- Gabrielle DamoreRoyal Oak$200K
- Melissa MickelsonKalamazoo$168K
- Patrick CooneyNew Baltimore$91K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.