Felix Cerna
Infectious Disease · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1982664884
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 137 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 24.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $674 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $51 in 2025.
Across 137 payments — averaging $17.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$577
- Viiv Healthcare Company$435
- Merck$382
- AbbVie$358
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$178
- GSK$136
- plus $300 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,33599%
- Education$311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 33 | $577 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 25 | $435 |
| Merck | 26 | $382 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $358 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $178 |
| GSK | 10 | $136 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $49 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 1 | $31 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 31 infectious disease providers in New Mexico.
Other infectious disease in Albuquerque
- Cathy PettiAlbuquerque$29K
- Jeffrey RossAlbuquerque$5K
- Thomas RobertsAlbuquerque$5K
- Mohamed Al KatebAlbuquerque$2K
- Jorge Soria MoncadaAlbuquerque$2K
- David StrykerAlbuquerque$2K
- Christine BoehringerAlbuquerque$1K
- Robert ParsonsAlbuquerque$1K
- Harshdeep BabbarAlbuquerque$1K
- Kory TilleryAlbuquerque$937
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.