David Schaeffer
Pediatric Pulmonology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1578679494
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,938 of the $3,543 with a category attached, or 82.9%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc. at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,674 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $37 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $136.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc.$2K
- Sanofi$1K
- GSK$119
- Gilead$100
- Vertex$59
- Philips North America LLC$33
- plus $120 from 6 others
Across 46 payments — averaging $11,876 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.
- Vertex$376K
- AbbVie$168K
- PTC Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,93883%
- Food & beverage$60517%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc. | 2 | $1,628 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $1,484 |
| GSK | 5 | $119 |
| Gilead | 1 | $100 |
| Vertex | 3 | $59 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $33 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $32 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 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.
- KITABIS PAK$1,628
- DUPIXENT$1,338
- Cayston$100
How this compares
$3,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 72 pediatric pulmonology providers in Florida.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Jacksonville
- Jason LangJacksonville$8K
- Gerardo Vazquez GarciaJacksonville$1K
- Zara ArainJacksonville$474
- Akinyemi AjayiWinter Park$433K
- John PrpichTampa$151K
- Floyd LivingstonOrlando$110K
- Aledie NavasOrlando$29K
- Kunjana MavundaSouth Miami$25K
- David RosenbergTampa$21K
- Marc SchecterGainesville$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.