Courtney El-Zokm
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1093070328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.8%), gifts and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 37.6% of the total. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in TX 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 267 payments — averaging $107.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$11K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$8K
- Sientra, Inc.$5K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$1K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$1K
- Merz North America, Inc.$717
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,0007%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00014%
- Travel & lodging$1290%
- Food & beverage$13,19446%
- Gifts$9,50833%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 29 | $10,828 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 79 | $8,446 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 26 | $4,624 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 31 | $1,404 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 49 | $1,101 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 12 | $717 |
| Stryker | 6 | $489 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $383 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 11 | $282 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $138 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $101 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $42 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $14 |
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.
- NATRELLE$9,646
- DAXXIFY$6,163
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$4,152
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$635
- BOTOX$413
- XEOMIN$377
- BOTOX COSMETIC$298
- SCOPIS ENT$172
- LATERA$172
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$172
- Phasix Mesh$159
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$149
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$143
How this compares
$28,831 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 378 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Texas.
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- Charles ButlerHouston$227K
- Michael KlebucHouston$204K
- Patrick GarveyHouston$117K
- Rukmini RednamHouston$113K
- Edward ChangHouston$111K
- Christi BlakkolbHouston$69K
- Justin BroylesHouston$48K
- Pablo PadillaHouston$46K
- John NguyenHouston$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.