Sherry Shuman
Rheumatology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1487767257
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 161 payments — averaging $14.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$488
- Amgen$439
- UCB, Inc.$247
- Pfizer$190
- Bristol Myers Squibb$175
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$140
- plus $734 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,412100%
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 | 30 | $488 |
| Amgen | 24 | $439 |
| UCB, Inc. | 14 | $247 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $190 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 27 | $175 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $140 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $125 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| Novartis | 6 | $106 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $102 |
| GSK | 5 | $76 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $63 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $62 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $32 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,412 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 134 rheumatology providers in Missouri.
Other rheumatology in Saint Louis
- Alfred KimSaint Louis$1.2M
- Sona KamatSaint Louis$931K
- Akgun InceSaint Louis$849K
- Adam KilianSaint Louis$593K
- John BuddSaint Louis$404K
- Chad RonholmSaint Louis$327K
- Reema SyedSaint Louis$313K
- Richard BrasingtonSaint Louis$110K
- Barbara CacioloSaint Louis$98K
- Deborah ParksSaint Louis$91K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.