Tara Akunna
Dermatology · Cypress, TXNPI 1295231157
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 355 payments — averaging $20.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Sanofi$656
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$628
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$538
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$530
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$514
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,06597%
- Education$1943%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 71 | $1,496 |
| Sanofi | 19 | $656 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 14 | $628 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 27 | $538 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 19 | $530 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 32 | $514 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $466 |
| Novartis | 45 | $448 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 22 | $353 |
| Incyte Corporation | 19 | $349 |
| Amgen | 13 | $314 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $288 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $218 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 7 | $151 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $108 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Organon | 1 | $23 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $14 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $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
$7,259 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 42 | $2,549 |
| Ketoconazole | 112 | $1,461 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 36 | $950 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 40 | $736 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 19 | $704 |
| Fluocinonide | 13 | $678 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 12 | $547 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 76 | $434 |
| Mupirocin | 41 | $234 |
| Fluocinolone AcetonideFluocinolone/Shower Cap | 11 | $203 |
| Minoxidil | 24 | $185 |
| Hydrocortisone | 25 | $73 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 13 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Cypress
- Lauren CampbellCypress$2.2M
- Sheevam ShahCypress$486K
- Stephen TyringWebster$14.1M
- Edward LainAustin$12M
- Mark LeeSan Antonio$10.9M
- John BrowningSan Antonio$10.7M
- Craig TellerBellaire$7.7M
- Patricia LeeWebster$7.2M
- Jennifer CatherDallas$4.9M
- Michael MigdenHouston$3.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.