Sula Gillespie
Pediatrics · Birmingham, ALNPI 1013257476
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $14,367 of the $19,151 with a category attached, or 75.0%. Neurelis, Inc. accounts for 81.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,172 and has fallen 58.2% since, to $3,413 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in AL 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 191 payments — averaging $100.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neurelis, Inc.$16K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$494
- SK Life Science, Inc.$117
- Immedica Pharma US, Inc.$60
- plus $94 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3752%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,36775%
- Travel & lodging$1,0095%
- Food & beverage$3,28317%
- Education$1171%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurelis, Inc. | 67 | $15,597 |
| UCB, Inc. | 94 | $1,457 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 10 | $1,332 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $494 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$19,151 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 908 pediatrics providers in Alabama.
Other pediatrics in Birmingham
- Tamera Coyne-BeasleyBirmingham$154K
- Linda HammettBirmingham$123K
- Darby McElderryBirmingham$111K
- Audrey LloydBirmingham$40K
- Suresh BoppanaBirmingham$31K
- Brian StansellBirmingham$19K
- Leslie PittsBirmingham$10K
- Yolanda WheelerBirmingham$10K
- Tanikqua MooreBirmingham$9K
- Jennifer GlennBirmingham$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.