Deborah Brown
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1083658009
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 29.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $348.
Across 9 payments — averaging $41.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$111
- Sanofi$110
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$84
- AstraZeneca$48
- Boston Scientific$20
Across 21 payments — averaging $61,992 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.
- Shire North American Group Inc$1.3M
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$35K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$373100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 5 | $111 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $110 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $48 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
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.
- ALTUVIIIO$110
How this compares
$373 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 235 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Houston
- Vivek SubbiahHouston$194K
- Clay CohenHouston$62K
- Jenny DespotovicHouston$59K
- Helen HeslopHouston$51K
- Nidra RodriguezHouston$48K
- Venee TubmanHouston$43K
- Youngna Lee KimHouston$36K
- Richard GorlickHouston$21K
- Carl AllenHouston$18K
- Titilope FasipeHouston$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.