Walter Gessler
Pediatrics · Statesville, NCNPI 1265424766
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 76 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 76 payments — averaging $17.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$216
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$199
- Tris Pharma Inc$112
- Corium, LLC$106
- Pfizer$101
- Merck$84
- plus $535 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,353100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $216 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 11 | $199 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 7 | $112 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $106 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $101 |
| Merck | 5 | $84 |
| GSK | 5 | $83 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $23 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Fortovia Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $17 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,353 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,818 pediatrics providers in North Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Statesville
- Dwight KoeberlDurham$8.4M
- Priya KishnaniDurham$5.8M
- James AndersonHigh Point$669K
- Joseph MuenzerChapel Hill$237K
- Ifeyinwa OsunkwoCharlotte$218K
- Edward SmithDurham$164K
- Katherine SmithRaleigh$133K
- James StillRaleigh$105K
- Richard BrugmanGastonia$73K
- Daniel LandiDurham$70K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.