Daniel Desalvo
Pediatric Endocrinology · Houston, TXNPI 1114187440
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $80,666 of the $132,828 with a category attached, or 60.7%. Dexcom, Inc. accounts for 65.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $30,020, 2.8 times the $10,629 reported in 2019. Among pediatric endocrinology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 125 payments — averaging $1062.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dexcom, Inc.$87K
- Insulet Corporation$21K
- Sanofi$12K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$12K
- Mannkind Corporation$800
- Medtronic$146
- plus $39 from 1 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $22,147 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.
- Insulet Corporation$558K
- Medtronic$84K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$41,59831%
- Speaking & faculty fees$80,66661%
- Travel & lodging$8,2046%
- Food & beverage$2,3612%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexcom, Inc. | 70 | $86,651 |
| Insulet Corporation | 36 | $20,848 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $12,317 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $12,026 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 4 | $800 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $146 |
| Abbott | 2 | $39 |
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.
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$41,818
- DEXCOM G6 CGM SYSTEM$24,403
- Omnipod$20,310
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$10,357
- DEXCOM CGM$5,719
- AFREZZA$800
- MINIMED 780G$146
How this compares
$132,828 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 120 pediatric endocrinology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Houston
- Virginia AraizaHouston$151K
- Steven WaguespackHouston$37K
- Morey HaymondHouston$30K
- Maria RedondoHouston$19K
- Stephanie SisleyHouston$10K
- Walid KaplanHouston$4K
- Michael YafiHouston$3K
- Luisa RodriguezHouston$2K
- Avni ShahHouston$2K
- Luz CastellanosHouston$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.