Terry Shepherd
Urology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1417943705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 122 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $570 and has fallen 95.4% since, to $26 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $3,324.
Across 122 payments — averaging $16.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$331
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$283
- Amgen$236
- Johnson & Johnson$124
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$118
- Urovant Sciences Inc$112
- plus $771 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,95099%
- Education$251%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 23 | $331 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 13 | $283 |
| Amgen | 18 | $236 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $124 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $118 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 5 | $112 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $99 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $96 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $69 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $65 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $42 |
| Bayer | 2 | $35 |
| Neotract Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $25 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 1 | $14 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $14 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,975 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 276 urology providers in Tennessee.
Other urology in Knoxville
- Edward KimKnoxville$52K
- Ryan PickensKnoxville$26K
- Paul HatcherKnoxville$26K
- James BienvenuKnoxville$19K
- Timothy LeroyKnoxville$18K
- Wesley WhiteKnoxville$13K
- Bruce WoodworthKnoxville$13K
- Walter ChilesKnoxville$13K
- L KnollNashville$2.1M
- David GubinMemphis$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.