Eric Schafer
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1336286707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $3,120 of the $3,308 with a category attached, or 94.3%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. accounts for 98.7% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest.
Across 4 payments — averaging $826.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$42
Across 74 payments — averaging $7814.26 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.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$279K
- AbbVie$74K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$65K
- Pfizer$63K
- Incyte Corporation$46K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$15K
- plus $37K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,12094%
- Food & beverage$1886%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $3,266 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $42 |
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.
- RYLAZE$3,120
How this compares
$3,308 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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.