Brenda Porter
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Palo Alto, CANPI 1346256583
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,358 of the $2,469 with a category attached, or 95.5%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,401 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $66 in 2025.
Across 4 payments — averaging $617.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
Across 194 payments — averaging $2683.01 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.
- Eisai Inc.$363K
- SK Life Science, Inc.$155K
- Neuropace, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,35895%
- Food & beverage$1115%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $2,469 |
How this compares
$2,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 216 neurology with special qualifications in child neurology providers in California.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| LevocarnitineLevocarnitine (With Sugar) | 14 | $1,391 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology with special qualifications in child neurology in Palo Alto
- Jennifer O'MalleyPalo Alto$46K
- Jonathan SantoroPalo Alto$41K
- Cynthia CampenPalo Alto$9K
- Sonia PartapPalo Alto$6K
- Jenna KlotzPalo Alto$5K
- Michael ChezSacramento$374K
- Allen BottOakland$372K
- Joseph SullivanSan Francisco$240K
- Ann SegerenStanford$172K
- Rajsekar RajaramanLos Angeles$134K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.