Christine Cheng-Florendo
Pediatrics · Latrobe, PANPI 1417929324
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 130 payments — averaging $17.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$275
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$274
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$269
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$260
- Pfizer$178
- Merck$152
- plus $900 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,25298%
- Education$562%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 15 | $275 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 16 | $274 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $269 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $260 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $178 |
| Merck | 8 | $152 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $138 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 5 | $126 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 7 | $119 |
| Corium, LLC | 8 | $117 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 7 | $102 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 4 | $51 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Krystal Biotech Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,308 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,849 pediatrics providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lansoprazole | 12 | $2,428 |
| Valproic AcidValproic Acid (As Sodium Salt) | 15 | $371 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatrics in Latrobe
- Theodore LaetschPhiladelphia$4.3M
- Anne ZomcikErie$3.9M
- Hoda Abdel HamidPittsburgh$2.8M
- Cheryl DuffyHermitage$1.3M
- Anne-Marie RickPittsburgh$1.1M
- Kevin StraussGordonville$974K
- Bruce LockmanFort Washington$687K
- Craig CollisonSpring Mills$670K
- Arthur LeibowitzWynnewood$432K
- Jennifer CorenHatboro$410K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.