Fernando Ysern Borras
Pediatrics · Caguas, PRNPI 1376549790
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $47,248 of the $73,539 with a category attached, or 64.2%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Valneva USA, Inc. at 36.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $25,146 and has fallen 85.9% since, to $3,545 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in PR 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 77 payments — averaging $955.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Valneva USA, Inc.$27K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$21K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$15K
- Merck$11K
- PBG Puerto Rico LLC$170
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$79
- plus $174 from 5 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $4081.09 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$140K
- GSK$36K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$47,24864%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,41920%
- Travel & lodging$10,59614%
- Food & beverage$1,2422%
- Education$350%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Valneva USA, Inc. | 14 | $26,505 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 10 | $20,792 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $14,582 |
| Merck | 30 | $11,236 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 9 | $170 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $79 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $77 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $35 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| GSK | 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.
- IXCHIQ$7,275
- GARDASIL$6,000
- DENGVAXIA$3,228
- PNEUMOVAX 23$2,250
- PENTACEL$1,995
- ENFLONSIA$1,460
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$991
- MENACTRA$269
How this compares
$73,539 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 646 pediatrics providers in Puerto Rico.
Other pediatrics in Caguas
- Hildamary Diaz RozettCaguas$2K
- Rafael RiveraCaguas$1K
- Vivian RodriguezCaguas$1K
- Leslie Soto VelezSan Juan$274K
- Diego Sanz de la PenaSan Juan$32K
- Iris CardonaCarolina$26K
- Ricardo Fontanet GranaCarolina$13K
- Gerardo ToscaSan Juan$10K
- Miguel SotoArecibo$9K
- Ana MedinaRio Piedras$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.