Annette Whitney
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Dallas, TXNPI 1851351555
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,929 of the $3,629 with a category attached, or 80.7%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 24.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,291 and has fallen 65.1% since, to $451 in 2025.
Across 144 payments — averaging $25.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$894
- AbbVie$832
- Sanofi$508
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$464
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$227
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$150
- plus $553 from 11 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1950.00 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70019%
- Food & beverage$2,92981%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $894 |
| AbbVie | 50 | $832 |
| Sanofi | 18 | $508 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 18 | $464 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $227 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 8 | $150 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 12 | $122 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 4 | $92 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $29 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 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.
- Kristalose$700
- DUPIXENT$128
- Talicia$108
How this compares
$3,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 159 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Dallas
- Naveen MittalDallas$182K
- Amal AqulDallas$99K
- Charina RamirezDallas$60K
- Meghana SatheDallas$30K
- David TroendleDallas$14K
- Nandini ChannabasappaDallas$12K
- Rinarani SanghaviDallas$6K
- Bradley BarthDallas$6K
- Ricardo Medina-CentenoDallas$5K
- Megha MehtaDallas$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.