Shilpa Desai
Medical · Stamford, CTNPI 1649351602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $181,035 of the $215,498 with a category attached, or 84.0%. AbbVie accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $109,902 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $52,181 in 2025. Among medical clinicians in CT 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 266 payments — averaging $810.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$214K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$806
- Merz North America, Inc.$285
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$107
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$181,03584%
- Travel & lodging$28,10313%
- Food & beverage$6,3523%
- Education$80%
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(2 entities) | 256 | $214,300 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $806 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $285 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $107 |
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
$215,498 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 592 medical providers in Connecticut.
Other medical in Stamford
- Brianna PaesanoStamford$153K
- Gregory RauNew Haven$211K
- John JasinskiNorwalk$185K
- Debra SullivanDerby$100K
- Ryan DonovanNew Haven$75K
- Jonica PagnuccoWaterbury$32K
- Alyssa GreenleafSouthington$26K
- Mark VolpeSuffield$21K
- Josephine DiazSuffield$20K
- Marissa CarignanManchester$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.