Stephen Sharp
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Nashville, TNNPI 1508943515
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $129 of the $149 with a category attached, or 86.5%. Merck accounts for 75.5% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2022 is the largest year on record at $80, 2.8 times the $29 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $2,871.
Across 6 payments — averaging $24.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$112
- Pfizer$20
- Medline Industries LP$16
Across 4,287 payments — averaging $6057.38 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.
- Pfizer$10M
- AstraZeneca$4.1M
- Modernatx, Inc.$3.8M
- Merck$2.4M
- Seqirus USA Inc$1.2M
- Johnson & Johnson$973K
- plus $3.4M from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$12987%
- Gifts$2013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 4 | $112 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 130 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Tennessee.
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Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Nashville
- Craig WierumNashville$1.3M
- Terri JerkinsNashville$567K
- Michael CarlsonNashville$381K
- Kathryn DahirNashville$225K
- Rodney SnowNashville$181K
- Annis MarneyNashville$26K
- Emily NeelyNashville$21K
- Amanda DanielNashville$20K
- Juliana MatthewsNashville$15K
- Christopher BowmanNashville$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.