Scott Demarest
Epilepsy · Aurora, CONPI 1255575767
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,300 of the $15,139 with a category attached, or 68.0%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. at 56.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,690, more than ten times the $424 reported in 2019.
Across 12 payments — averaging $1261.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$8K
- H. Lundbeck A S$5K
- Immedica Pharma US, Inc.$960
- UCB SA$360
- Lundbeck LLC$153
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$77
Across 104 payments — averaging $7653.85 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$679K
- Immedica Pharma US, Inc.$52K
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$51K
- Amgen$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9606%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,30068%
- Travel & lodging$2432%
- Food & beverage$3793%
- Education$3,25722%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 5 | $8,489 |
| H. Lundbeck A S | 2 | $5,100 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $960 |
| UCB SA | 2 | $360 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $153 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $77 |
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.
How this compares
$15,139 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 28 epilepsy providers in Colorado.
Other epilepsy in Aurora
- Kelly KnuppAurora$39K
- Jacob PellinenAurora$6K
- Jared WoodwardAurora$3K
- Megan AbbottAurora$2K
- Naveed ChaudhryAurora$2K
- Laura StromAurora$2K
- Nitish HaridAurora$1K
- Lesley KayeAurora$1K
- Alexandra AtwoodAurora$721
- Archana ShresthaAurora$708
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.