Don Schaffer
Pediatrics · Houston, TXNPI 1336151521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.3%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 41.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,427 and has fallen 86.2% since, to $197 in 2025. Among pediatrics 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 112 payments — averaging $29.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$1K
- Corium, LLC$512
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$370
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$218
- Tris Pharma Inc$139
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$123
- plus $551 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,37042%
- Food & beverage$1,88957%
- Education$351%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 11 | $1,382 |
| Corium, LLC | 33 | $512 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 7 | $370 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 14 | $218 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 8 | $139 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $123 |
| Merck | 8 | $120 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $59 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| GSK | 2 | $32 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Biogen | 1 | $22 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$3,294 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Houston
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Carlos BacinoHouston$53K
- Farida AbidHouston$50K
- Lindsay CameronHouston$32K
- Juan Torres SanchezHouston$31K
- Martin YudovichHouston$24K
- Raegan HuntHouston$23K
- Michael PickettHouston$14K
- Lara LeonhardtHouston$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.