Emily Petersen
Anesthesiology · Houston, TXNPI 1396180121
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,040 of the $4,851 with a category attached, or 83.3%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 28.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,936 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $145 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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 85 payments — averaging $57.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$624
- Boston Scientific$453
- Nevro Corp.$421
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$386
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$179
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$80617%
- Food & beverage$4,04083%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $1,358 |
| Abbott | 19 | $624 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $453 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $421 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $386 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $179 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $145 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $141 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $131 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $115 |
| Stryker | 1 | $89 |
| Amgen | 2 | $36 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$448
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$366
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$366
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$358
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$356
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$296
- Intracept$296
- Senza$270
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$242
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$241
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$241
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$179
- Vanta$151
- ReActiv8$146
- BIOTRONIK$138
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$125
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$125
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$115
- V-LOC 180$114
How this compares
$4,851 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology providers in Texas.
Other anesthesiology in Houston
- Tong GanHouston$700K
- Gabriel MenaHouston$494K
- Harold MinkowitzHouston$224K
- Eric ChanHouston$128K
- John ZakiHouston$109K
- Jamal HasoonHouston$56K
- Barbara OrlandoHouston$42K
- Byron BakerHouston$41K
- Javier LasalaHouston$17K
- Airat AgbetobaHouston$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.