Scott Aaronson
Psychiatry · Baltimore, MDNPI 1376610790
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Livanova USA, Inc. accounts for 73.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among psychiatry clinicians in MD 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 203 payments — averaging $1647.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$245K
- Johnson & Johnson$43K
- Neuronetics, Inc.$33K
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$5K
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$5K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$3K
- plus $184 from 3 others
Across 428 payments — averaging $2218.46 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.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$437K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$252K
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$175K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$67K
- Neuronetics, Inc.$19K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$111,25833%
- Speaking & faculty fees$197,85659%
- Travel & lodging$17,2025%
- Food & beverage$4,8211%
- Education$3,3001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 115 | $245,267 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 51 | $43,216 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 12 | $32,915 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $5,182 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 10 | $5,128 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $2,546 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
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.
- VNS Therapy Symmetry Model 8103 Generator$164,704
- VNS Therapy$63,889
- SPRAVATO$42,309
- NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY$25,290
- VNS - Symmetry$12,349
- NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY SYSTEM$7,625
- LATUDA$5,106
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$3,400
- VNS - Sentiva$225
- INGREZZA$116
How this compares
$334,437 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 851 psychiatry providers in Maryland.
Other psychiatry in Baltimore
- John VaethBaltimore$2.1M
- Robert LehmanBaltimore$140K
- Karen AndersonBaltimore$117K
- Orlando DavisBaltimore$104K
- Akira SawaBaltimore$69K
- Paul RosenbergBaltimore$66K
- Adam KaplinBaltimore$62K
- Marc FishmanBaltimore$59K
- David NeubauerBaltimore$59K
- Chiadikaobi OnyikeBaltimore$54K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.