Christina Valdes
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 308 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by UCB, Inc. at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,818 and has fallen 78.9% since, to $596 in 2025. Among medical clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 308 payments — averaging $21.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- Neurelis, Inc.$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$961
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$398
- SK Life Science, Inc.$349
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$263
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,561100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 54 | $1,849 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 73 | $1,022 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 38 | $961 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 23 | $398 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 17 | $349 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $263 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 18 | $252 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 11 | $248 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14 | $241 |
| Corium, LLC | 10 | $180 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $147 |
| Zogenix Inc. | 4 | $115 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Biogen | 4 | $86 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 5 | $75 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| NS Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$6,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,031 medical providers in Florida.
Other medical in Miami
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- Anay CastroMiami$18K
- Polina DasguptaMiami$17K
- Maria SorensenMiami$15K
- Carrie HerzogMiami$14K
- Jesus RodriguezMiami$14K
- Gary RubinRockledge$2.1M
- Shanna MirantiNaples$415K
- Krystie LennoxBoca Raton$245K
- Jihan RamadanWellington$238K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.