---
title: What industry pays physicians in West Virginia (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: West Virginia
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 7996211
physicians: 5712
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — West Virginia (2024)

In West Virginia, drug and device makers reported **$7,996,211** in general payments to **5,712** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $1,400 each), plus $8,881,127 tied to research and $387,877 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Psychiatry | $870,430 | 73 | $11,924 |
| Internal Medicine | $745,582 | 283 | $2,635 |
| Family | $538,522 | 1,037 | $519 |
| Neurology | $506,354 | 54 | $9,377 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health | $313,095 | 87 | $3,599 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $312,081 | 68 | $4,589 |
| Dermatology | $308,186 | 27 | $11,414 |
| Rheumatology | $249,737 | 17 | $14,690 |
| Family Medicine | $247,870 | 450 | $551 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | $235,361 | 73 | $3,224 |
| Physician Assistant | $220,064 | 446 | $493 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $207,978 | 38 | $5,473 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| William Chapman | Internal Medicine | $484,826 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Jeremy Schreiber | Psychiatric/Mental Health | $279,032 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Barry Vaught | Neurology | $261,465 | ARGENX US, INC. |
| Melissa Moody | Psychiatry | $229,209 | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. |
| Ryan Wakim | Psychiatry | $191,584 | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Tejas Joshi | Hepatology | $181,991 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
| Charles Franz | Dermatology | $166,753 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| April Baisden | Psychiatry | $156,503 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Wassim Saikali | Rheumatology | $129,416 | Amgen Inc. |
| Daniel Thistlethwaite | Psychiatry | $122,137 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Timothy Deer | Interventional Pain Medicine | $120,803 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. |
| Rola Gharib | Dermatology | $111,504 | Amgen Inc. |
| Sarah Rinehart | Cardiovascular Disease | $107,852 | HeartFlow, Inc. |
| David Pickering | Internal Medicine | $100,982 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| Suzanne Gharib | Rheumatology | $99,463 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| Paul Ferguson | Neurology | $91,424 | EMD Serono, Inc. |
| Robert Grammer | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $84,229 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| Matthew Bullock | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $83,405 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Nadim Bou Zgheib | Gynecologic Oncology | $74,388 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. |
| Ansaar Rai | Unspecified | $73,664 | Stryker Corporation |
| Sohyun Boo | Neuroradiology | $64,853 | MicroVention, Inc. |
| Aneel Chowdhary | Medical Oncology | $63,885 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
| Jennifer Veverka | Gastroenterology | $59,843 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Jessica Hott | Obstetrics & Gynecology | $56,738 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Chad Lavender | Orthopaedic Surgery | $52,979 | Arthrex, Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/wv.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`