William Paxton
Nephrology · Lawrenceville, GANPI 1710942057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $55,535 of the $72,811 with a category attached, or 76.3%. Amgen accounts for 65.2% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $25,090 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $55 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in GA 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 225 payments — averaging $323.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$47K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$15K
- AstraZeneca$8K
- Pfizer$821
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$309
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$295
- plus $954 from 11 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $12,500 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,28011%
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,53576%
- Travel & lodging$4,4846%
- Food & beverage$4,4086%
- Education$1050%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 104 | $47,486 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 27 | $14,712 |
| AstraZeneca | 22 | $8,235 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $821 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $309 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 8 | $295 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 16 | $274 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 16 | $233 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $96 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $14 |
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
$72,811 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 388 nephrology providers in Georgia.
Other nephrology in Lawrenceville
- James TumlinLawrenceville$434K
- Sharad VirmaniLawrenceville$55K
- Lorin SanchezLawrenceville$23K
- Aakash AminLawrenceville$22K
- Kathryn ElmoreLawrenceville$12K
- Shaun ConlonLawrenceville$11K
- Nnamdi NwaohiriLawrenceville$11K
- Jusong ChoiLawrenceville$8K
- Sagar PanseMacon$542K
- Sheldon ShoreAtlanta$474K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.