Avadel Cns Pharmaceuticals, LLC: payments to clinicians
3,757 clinicians received $1,603,879 from Avadel Cns Pharmaceuticals, LLC in 2025; Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Consulting fees was the largest category at 47%, then speaking and faculty fees (22%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Missouri) received $133,338.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,603,879 | 11,820 | 3,757 |
| 2024 | $1,460,052 | 9,558 | 2,977 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven P. Gradney, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Springfield, MO | $133,338 |
| 2 | Mark Anthony McCamish, MD | Internal Medicine | Ventura, CA | $93,373 |
| 3 | Murad Assaad, MD | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Atlanta, GA | $78,219 |
| 4 | Alon Yosefian Avidan, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Los Angeles, CA | $66,335 |
| 5 | Lewis J. Kass, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology | Philadelphia, PA | $60,262 |
| 6 | Anne Marie Morse, DO | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology | Danville, PA | $57,568 |
| 7 | Sam Ali Kashani, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Santa Monica, CA | $53,935 |
| 8 | Jacob Dominik, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Rochester, NY | $48,570 |
| 9 | Martha Agnes Curtin | Physician Assistant | Joliet, IL | $40,368 |
| 10 | William Christopher Winter, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Charlottesville, VA | $37,182 |
| 11 | Laura Bogan Herpel, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Columbia, SC | $35,848 |
| 12 | Matthew Jared Davis, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Middletown, NJ | $34,638 |
| 13 | Akinyemi Olutoye Ajayi, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology | Winter Park, FL | $34,532 |
| 14 | Louis Anthony Tartaglia, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Maumee, OH | $30,521 |
| 15 | Gerard Joseph Meskill, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Sugar Land, TX | $30,216 |
| 16 | Michael J. Strunc, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology | Norfolk, VA | $27,913 |
| 17 | Vikas Jain, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Frisco, TX | $25,576 |
| 18 | Michael J. Thorpy, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Bronx, NY | $20,416 |
| 19 | Jordan S. Dubow, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Suffern, NY | $20,000 |
| 20 | Oktai Mamedov, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | East Lansing, MI | $19,069 |
| 21 | Alcibiades J. Rodriguez, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology | New York, NY | $16,936 |
| 22 | Jeremy McConnell, M.D. | Family Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Bradenton, FL | $15,729 |
| 23 | Richard Chris Hammond, DO | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Ogden, UT | $15,633 |
| 24 | Jason A. Shatkin, MD | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Paramus, NJ | $15,032 |
| 25 | Thomas P. Stern, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Huntersville, NC | $13,458 |
| 26 | Edward Mezerhane, MD | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Miami, FL | $13,020 |
| 27 | Shayla Pullen, MD | Family Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Cincinnati, OH | $12,825 |
| 28 | Asim Roy, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Dublin, OH | $12,785 |
| 29 | Maggie G. Lavender, FNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | The Woodlands, TX | $12,714 |
| 30 | Ronald A. Popper, M.D. F.C.C.P. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Thousand Oaks, CA | $12,523 |
| 31 | Emmanuel Jean-Marie Mignot, M.D | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Stanford, CA | $11,180 |
| 32 | Monique Sommer Mulvany, N.P | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Austin, TX | $9,974 |
| 33 | Logan Douglas Schneider, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Stanford, CA | $9,031 |
| 34 | Domingo Rodriguez-Cue, M.D. | Family Medicine | Garner, NC | $8,974 |
| 35 | Adrian Antonio Santamaria, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Tomball, TX | $8,056 |
| 36 | Shahrokh Javaheri, MD | Family Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Cincinnati, OH | $7,618 |
| 37 | Margaret Park, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Chicago, IL | $7,218 |
| 38 | Brian J. Bohner, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Towson, MD | $7,166 |
| 39 | Thomas E. Scammell, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Boston, MA | $6,193 |
| 40 | Cecile Ann Martin, FNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Johns Creek, GA | $5,994 |
| 41 | Sally Ibrahim, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Cleveland, OH | $5,460 |
| 42 | Stephen Paul Duntley, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Aurora, CO | $5,407 |
| 43 | Thomas Freedom, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Glenview, IL | $5,264 |
| 44 | Hrayr Pierre Attarian, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Chicago, IL | $5,247 |
| 45 | Luis Enrique Ortiz, M.D. | Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine | St Petersburg, FL | $5,168 |
| 46 | Aatif M. Husain, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Durham, NC | $5,162 |
| 47 | David Ostransky, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Fort Worth, TX | $5,058 |
| 48 | Phyllis Zee, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Chicago, IL | $4,853 |
| 49 | Dinesh Venkoba Raju, MD, PHD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Lawrenceville, GA | $4,825 |
| 50 | Abhinav Singh, MD | Internal Medicine | Greenwood, IN | $4,799 |
| 51 | John Carl Carter, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease | Cleveland, OH | $4,757 |
| 52 | Amber L. Burns, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Cooperstown, NY | $4,727 |
| 53 | Oneil S. Bains, MD | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Seattle, WA | $4,164 |
| 54 | Andreja Packard, MD PHD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Nashua, NH | $3,815 |
| 55 | Haramandeep Singh, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | San Ramon, CA | $3,790 |
| 56 | Rakesh Bhattacharjee, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology | San Diego, CA | $3,605 |
| 57 | Ashton M. Walker, FNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Springfield, MO | $3,411 |
| 58 | Melissa Tournet Bramante, APRN, AGACNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner | Columbia, SC | $3,334 |
| 59 | Anne Batson, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Indianapolis, IN | $3,334 |
| 60 | Lance Y. Kim, DO | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Ocala, FL | $3,224 |
| 61 | Steve Thomas Kirk, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Durham, NC | $3,175 |
| 62 | Olufunke Oludolapo Afolabi-Brown, MD | Family Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Horsham, PA | $2,925 |
| 63 | Kenneth G. Halliwell, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Williamsville, NY | $2,917 |
| 64 | Clete Anthony Kushida, M.D., PH.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Stanford, CA | $1,908 |
| 65 | Jamie Michele Simmons, FNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Family | East Lansing, MI | $1,679 |
| 66 | Ellen Esther Wermter, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Charlottesville, VA | $1,632 |
| 67 | Sarah Dennis Meskill, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine | Houston, TX | $1,589 |
| 68 | Heidy Nicole Merius, N.P. | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Smithtown, NY | $1,400 |
| 69 | Gautam Samadder, MD | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Columbus, OH | $1,297 |
| 70 | Anil Natesan Rama, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Saratoga, CA | $1,249 |
| 71 | Gregory A. Holmes, M.D. | Family Medicine | Goldsboro, MD | $1,090 |
| 72 | Thomas Barker Roth, OPTOMETRIST OD | Optometrist | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,090 |
| 73 | Mary Ruth Hurley, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Columbus, OH | $1,022 |
| 74 | James C. Stevens, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Fort Wayne, IN | $953.75 |
| 75 | Lois E. Krahn, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry | Scottsdale, AZ | $898.58 |
| 76 | Sharis C. Shabandari, CNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Dublin, OH | $808.90 |
| 77 | David James Culpepper, MD | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Seattle, WA | $798.75 |
| 78 | Jennifer Repaskey, PA | Physician Assistant | Summerville, SC | $786.17 |
| 79 | Abigail Kristine Clarin Usita | Physician Assistant | Chicago, IL | $716.76 |
| 80 | Miki Stacy Ohata | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Newport Beach, CA | $694.01 |
| 81 | Binal Kancherla, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology | Houston, TX | $690.28 |
| 82 | Rikki Redona Racela, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Englewood, NJ | $684.98 |
| 83 | Kathleen McGrath | Nurse Practitioner | Orland Park, IL | $663.90 |
| 84 | Prashant J. James, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Knoxville, TN | $659.22 |
| 85 | Gina Elizabeth Mauldin, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Raleigh, NC | $650.19 |
| 86 | Cassie J. McKillip, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Kokomo, IN | $638.54 |
| 87 | Syed A. Sayeeduddin, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Joliet, IL | $622.65 |
| 88 | Michael Scott Thomas Jr., PA-C | Physician Assistant | Orland Park, IL | $610.47 |
| 89 | Joanne Sun Yen, P.A.-C. | Physician Assistant | Dallas, TX | $564.92 |
| 90 | Charles L. Smith, MD | Family Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Macon, GA | $560.44 |
| 91 | Anna Lorraine Kleinberg, FNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Macon, GA | $559.13 |
| 92 | Kristine Lynn Starcevich, CSN, ANP | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Merrillville, IN | $543.64 |
| 93 | Jyoti Kandel Adhikari | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Columbus, OH | $538.84 |
| 94 | Haley Reynolds, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Macon, GA | $538.58 |
| 95 | Kaytlin Blake Hollingsworth, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Summerville, SC | $526.56 |
| 96 | Sridhar Jatla, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine | Kokomo, IN | $524.81 |
| 97 | Whitney Roy May, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Chattanooga, TN | $523.60 |
| 98 | Shane Cristina Concepcion, CNS | Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Health | Austin, TX | $523.32 |
| 99 | Heather Zimmerman, FNP, RN | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Savannah, GA | $516.63 |
| 100 | David Morris, MD | Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine | Sandusky, OH | $505.41 |
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