Zion Desta
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Washington, DCNPI 1417673658
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 162 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,788 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $193 in 2025. Among psychiatric/mental health clinicians in DC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 162 payments — averaging $22.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$512
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$509
- Corium, LLC$384
- Alkermes, Inc.$369
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$304
- Johnson & Johnson$299
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,574100%
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 | 30 | $512 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $509 |
| Corium, LLC | 14 | $384 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 13 | $369 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 13 | $304 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $299 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 14 | $281 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 14 | $199 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $161 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $158 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $79 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $62 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $51 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 137 psychiatric/mental health providers in District of Columbia.
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Other psychiatric/mental health in Washington
- Erin WalczykowskiWashington$349K
- Caroline BonuWashington$16K
- Miriam EzenwakaWashington$6K
- Orin GreeneWashington$4K
- Hope AchoronyeWashington$4K
- Samantha HyltonWashington$4K
- Nkechi OnwucheWashington$4K
- Emmanuel Kamdem SangoWashington$4K
- Arithia HardenWashington$4K
- Collette OdiboWashington$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.