Cepheid: payments to clinicians
350 clinicians received $370,338 from Cepheid in 2025; Anesthesiology is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Most of it (66%) was consulting fees, then compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a me (27%). The largest single recipient (Anesthesiology, Pennsylvania) received $221,630.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $370,338 | 443 | 350 |
| 2024 | $408,400 | 260 | 158 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Fleisher, MD | Anesthesiology | Philadelphia, PA | $221,630 |
| 2 | Bryant Boyd, MD | Emergency Medicine | Shreveport, LA | $29,163 |
| 3 | Howard Madison Orsburn IV, M.D. | Pediatrics | Russellville, AR | $12,406 |
| 4 | Christina Muzny | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Birmingham, AL | $11,915 |
| 5 | Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPHIL | Emergency Medicine | Fort Defiance, AZ | $10,164 |
| 6 | Timothy Conrad Jenkins, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Denver, CO | $10,058 |
| 7 | Anna Maya Powell, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Towson, MD | $7,115 |
| 8 | Daniel Barbaro, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Fort Worth, TX | $5,976 |
| 9 | Anthony Dunning Martinez, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Buffalo, NY | $5,500 |
| 10 | Christopher Lee Corless, MD | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology | Portland, OR | $4,230 |
| 11 | Chrysa Lynn Charno, P.A. | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Pittsford, NY | $4,216 |
| 12 | Rebecca Ann Lillis, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | New Orleans, LA | $3,793 |
| 13 | Lynne Meryl Mofenson, MD | Pediatrics | Silver Spring, MD | $3,600 |
| 14 | Jorge Raul Mera, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Nogales, AZ | $3,563 |
| 15 | David Tevis Pride, MD, PHD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | San Diego, CA | $3,200 |
| 16 | Dennis P. Deruelle, MD, FHM | Internal Medicine | Knoxville, TN | $3,125 |
| 17 | David Kwangmo Hong, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Stanford, CA | $2,020 |
| 18 | Jonathan D. Baghdadi, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Baltimore, MD | $1,908 |
| 19 | Aparna Arun, MD | Pediatrics | San Jose, CA | $1,800 |
| 20 | Bijal Anil Parikh, MD | Pathology, Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine | Saint Louis, MO | $1,500 |
| 21 | Andres F. Henao Martinez, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Aurora, CO | $1,343 |
| 22 | Randall T. Hayden, MD | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Memphis, TN | $1,250 |
| 23 | Gurpreet B. Weyer, MD | Pediatrics | Newburgh, IN | $1,212 |
| 24 | Stefan Riedel, M.D., PH.D. | Pathology, Clinical Pathology | Baltimore, MD | $1,008 |
| 25 | Lawrence David Sher, M.D. | Pediatrics | Rolling Hills Estates, CA | $1,000 |
| 26 | Craig Brian Wilen, M.D., PH.D. | Pathology, Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine | New Haven, CT | $711.00 |
| 27 | Steven A.R. Murphy, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Stamford, CT | $638.00 |
| 28 | Benjamin Alan Pinsky, M.D., PH.D. | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Stanford, CA | $588.00 |
| 29 | Scott Wesley Long, M.D., PH.D. | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Houston, TX | $528.35 |
| 30 | Dov Y. Shapiro | Pediatrics | Lincolnshire, IL | $525.00 |
| 31 | Robert Jay Boorstein, MD | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | New York, NY | $500.00 |
| 32 | Neil Steven Silverman, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal & Fetal Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | $500.00 |
| 33 | Joseph Frank Annunziata, M.D. | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Louisville, KY | $499.00 |
| 34 | Caleb Richard Schatz McEntire, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Boston, MA | $450.00 |
| 35 | Vineet Bhandari, MD | Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | Camden, NJ | $407.00 |
| 36 | Adelaide Nardone, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | New York, NY | $375.00 |
| 37 | Arati A. Inamdar, MD/PHD | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | Livingston, NJ | $320.00 |
| 38 | Kashif A. Memon, MD | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | West Jordan, UT | $300.00 |
| 39 | Amar Shah, MD, MPH | Emergency Medicine | West Hollywood, CA | $290.00 |
| 40 | Robert Biernbaum, DO | Emergency Medicine | Fairport, NY | $275.00 |
| 41 | Peyman S. Zandieh, MD, PC | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Bethpage, NY | $270.00 |
| 42 | Linas Riauba, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | Newark, NJ | $268.00 |
| 43 | Stacy Andrea De-Lin, MD | Family Medicine | New York, NY | $238.00 |
| 44 | Richard Waldman, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Syracuse, NY | $219.06 |
| 45 | Christine M. Herde, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Obstetrics | Nags Head, NC | $219.05 |
| 46 | Scott Roy Hayworth | Anesthesiologist Assistant | Miami, FL | $219.05 |
| 47 | Eugene Wong, M.D. | Hospitalist | New York, NY | $170.00 |
| 48 | Deborah Nucatola, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Los Angeles, CA | $167.00 |
| 49 | Brianna Noelle Schriver, CRNP | Nurse Practitioner | Haverford, PA | $122.91 |
| 50 | Amy S. Fox, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology | Bronx, NY | $116.00 |
| 51 | David Scott Estes, M.D. | Internal Medicine | Bella Vista, AR | $109.59 |
| 52 | Jennifer Diane Liles, APRN | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Bella Vista, AR | $109.59 |
| 53 | Shalini Bichala, MBBS | Family Medicine | Bentonville, AR | $109.59 |
| 54 | James Braxton Yeager Jr. | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Bella Vista, AR | $109.59 |
| 55 | Renee Denise Williams, APRN | Nurse Practitioner | Bella Vista, AR | $109.59 |
| 56 | Stephen Douglas Baker Jr., M.D. | Emergency Medicine | Shreveport, LA | $98.73 |
| 57 | Ajay Jitendra Patel, M.D. | Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | Winfield, IL | $97.02 |
| 58 | Oliver M.L. Bacon, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | San Francisco, CA | $91.13 |
| 59 | Ina Una Park, MD | Family Medicine | Richmond, CA | $91.13 |
| 60 | Rebecca Riseman | Nurse Practitioner | Emeryville, CA | $76.08 |
| 61 | Miranda E. Surjadi, NP MS | Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care | San Francisco, CA | $76.08 |
| 62 | Albertina Maria Prins, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | San Francisco, CA | $76.08 |
| 63 | Dawn Stanford Trollip, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Raleigh, NC | $65.79 |
| 64 | Kimberly W. McMorrow, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | North Chesterfield, VA | $55.47 |
| 65 | Adrianne Michelle Colton, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | North Chesterfield, VA | $55.47 |
| 66 | Megan K. Cassidy, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecology | North Chesterfield, VA | $55.46 |
| 67 | Savannah Rose Pena, M.D | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Charlotte, NC | $52.16 |
| 68 | Sara Kathryn Dowd, CNM | Advanced Practice Midwife | Cary, NC | $51.55 |
| 69 | Landon Todd Williams, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Cary, NC | $51.54 |
| 70 | Vijay Sheshadri, MD | Specialist | Cary, NC | $51.54 |
| 71 | Raul Benavides Jr., M.D. | Pathology, Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine | Dallas, TX | $49.50 |
| 72 | Emanuel L. Javate, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | St Petersburg, FL | $48.35 |
| 73 | Wendell John Courtney, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Leesburg, FL | $47.05 |
| 74 | Megan Maureen Dudley | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Lutz, FL | $46.96 |
| 75 | Cory Dowell | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Tampa, FL | $46.96 |
| 76 | Scarlette Leigh Owens, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Zephyrhills, FL | $46.96 |
| 77 | Bialines A. Espinosa, M.D. | Specialist | Mechanicsville, VA | $46.42 |
| 78 | Danny W. Shaban, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Mechanicsville, VA | $46.42 |
| 79 | Tiffany Adams, CNM | Advanced Practice Midwife | Mechanicsville, VA | $46.41 |
| 80 | Chloe Elaine Kellam, WHNP-BC | Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health | Mechanicsville, VA | $46.41 |
| 81 | Gleb Nilov, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Glendale, CA | $45.65 |
| 82 | Elyza Genilo, DO | Emergency Medicine | Davis, CA | $45.63 |
| 83 | Katie C. Askew, MD | Family Medicine | Elk Grove, CA | $45.62 |
| 84 | Miguel Angel Cazares, M.D. | Emergency Medicine | Turlock, CA | $45.62 |
| 85 | Anne S. Braunstein, M.D. | Family Medicine | Roseville, CA | $45.62 |
| 86 | Bolan P. Woodward, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Valdosta, GA | $45.31 |
| 87 | Thomas H. Moseley Jr., MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Valdosta, GA | $45.31 |
| 88 | Kimberly Cross, M.D. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Newnan, GA | $45.30 |
| 89 | Alexander M. Culbreth III, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Valdosta, GA | $45.30 |
| 90 | Mackenzie Trotter, FNP-BC, APRN | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Reno, NV | $43.46 |
| 91 | Gregory Michael Swor, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery | Sarasota, FL | $43.45 |
| 92 | Jennifer Lichon, DO | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Sarasota, FL | $43.45 |
| 93 | James W. Mink, MD | Pediatrics | Norfolk, VA | $42.08 |
| 94 | Joel D. Stewart, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery | Virginia Beach, VA | $42.07 |
| 95 | Douglas Mitchell, MD | Pediatrics | Virginia Beach, VA | $42.07 |
| 96 | Gabe Scott Robin, NP | Nurse Practitioner | Lafayette, LA | $41.72 |
| 97 | Kirk Elliott | Family Medicine | Arnaudville, LA | $41.72 |
| 98 | Nicole Ann Hubbard, MD | Pathology, Clinical Pathology | Toledo, OH | $41.42 |
| 99 | Toni Dung Vu, D.O. | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Upland, CA | $41.31 |
| 100 | Pamela Farah, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Chino Hills, CA | $41.31 |
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