Aruna Perumal
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · Kingwood, TXNPI 1235579715
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 143 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 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,415 and has fallen 84.4% since, to $221 in 2021.
Across 143 payments — averaging $12.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$358
- AbbVie$309
- Shire North American Group Inc$210
- Johnson & Johnson$200
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$196
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$138
- plus $441 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,845100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 30 | $358 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $309 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 18 | $210 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $200 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 17 | $196 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $138 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $131 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 5 | $87 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $39 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,851 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 301 child & adolescent psychiatry providers in Texas.
Other child & adolescent psychiatry in Kingwood
- Alain KaticBellaire$106K
- Steven PliszkaSan Antonio$59K
- Mary Garcia HolguinSan Antonio$24K
- John SteffekSpring$14K
- Robert MosquedaEdinburg$13K
- Gloria BrunGreenville$10K
- Mudassar TariqSugar Land$9K
- Charles PryzantDallas$9K
- Mehvesh AfrinaPlano$8K
- Kishore SunkaraHurst$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.