Sue Ellen Cox
Dermatology · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1619940913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $146,210 of the $180,036 with a category attached, or 81.2%. AbbVie accounts for 73.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $62,760 and has fallen 60.6% since, to $24,718 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in NC 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 177 payments — averaging $1017.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$133K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$30K
- Merz North America, Inc.$17K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$371
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$68
Across 177 payments — averaging $9393.39 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.
- AbbVie$1.7M
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$146,21081%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,4615%
- Travel & lodging$19,07711%
- Food & beverage$5,2193%
- Education$690%
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) | 85 | $132,555 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 44 | $30,185 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 30 | $16,857 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $371 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $68 |
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.
- BOTOX COSMETIC$36,278
- BOTOX$10,070
- XEOMIN$9,302
- DYSPORT$414
How this compares
$180,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 475 dermatology providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 41 | $590 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Chapel Hill
- Christopher SayedChapel Hill$690K
- Donna CultonChapel Hill$106K
- Chris AdigunChapel Hill$71K
- Priyanka VedakChapel Hill$25K
- David DevriesChapel Hill$17K
- David RubensteinChapel Hill$16K
- Steven FeldmanWinston Salem$3.4M
- Nicole SeminaraHuntersville$1.4M
- Andrew LeeElkin$702K
- William HooverConcord$594K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.