Soeria Sanderford
Family · Richmond, VANPI 1679570550
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 107 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 47.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $866 and has fallen 70.2% since, to $259 in 2023.
Across 107 payments — averaging $15.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$788
- Novo Nordisk$175
- Lilly USA, LLC$88
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$84
- Bayer$69
- Amgen$66
- plus $393 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,663100%
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(2 entities) | 48 | $788 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $175 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $88 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $84 |
| Bayer | 5 | $69 |
| Amgen | 5 | $66 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $65 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,663 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 4,332 family providers in Virginia.
Other family in Richmond
- Hochong Smith GillesRichmond$131K
- Kasiah BanksRichmond$29K
- Johanna ChristensenRichmond$24K
- Megan ZoltyRichmond$11K
- Andrea CottonVirginia Beach$696K
- Susan MooreWytheville$438K
- Ellen WermterCharlottesville$251K
- Dana StallingsFranklin$225K
- Jocelyn BrackettHerndon$199K
- Sean OlaughlinMidlothian$110K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.