Susan Gaither
Family · Blacksburg, VANPI 1053498121
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 281 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by UCB, Inc. at 59.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,048 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $25 in 2024.
Across 281 payments — averaging $8.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$273
- Almirall LLC$216
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$110
- Sanofi$85
- LEO Pharma Inc.$71
- plus $227 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,433100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 219 | $1,452 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $273 |
| Almirall LLC | 14 | $216 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 7 | $110 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $85 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,433 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,332 family providers in Virginia.
Other family in Blacksburg
- Andrea CottonVirginia Beach$696K
- Susan MooreWytheville$438K
- Ellen WermterCharlottesville$251K
- Dana StallingsFranklin$225K
- Jocelyn BrackettHerndon$199K
- Hochong Smith GillesRichmond$131K
- Sean OlaughlinMidlothian$110K
- Adam MedlinHampton$67K
- Casey SharpDanville$63K
- Norman JacobowitzManassas$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.