Sonja Kelleher
Family Medicine · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1861784555
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 167 payments — averaging $16.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$283
- AbbVie$222
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$204
- Boehringer Ingelheim$163
- Amgen$156
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$148
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,692100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 21 | $283 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $222 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $204 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $163 |
| Amgen | 10 | $156 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $148 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $125 |
| GSK | 7 | $124 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 9 | $123 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $98 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $83 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $82 |
| Merck | 5 | $79 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $62 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $38 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $26 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,692 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 2,087 family medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other family medicine in Chattanooga
- Natasha BallardChattanooga$5.7M
- Ellen ClelandChattanooga$38K
- Rickey ManningKnoxville$8.1M
- Kymberly MoyerGallatin$5.9M
- Hina BudhwaniNashville$4.7M
- Paul WakefieldKnoxville$4.3M
- Emily HubbsKingsport$2.8M
- Jerry PunchKnoxville$2.1M
- Bridgette FraneyNashville$2M
- Andrew BrockmyreBristol$1.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.