Gloria Heresi
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Houston, TXNPI 1689618050
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $21,129 of the $21,927 with a category attached, or 96.4%. Gilead accounts for 97.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 112 payments — averaging $195.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$21K
- Merck$214
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$121
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$93
- Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$57
- Pfizer$28
- plus $36 from 2 others
Across 91 payments — averaging $4266.48 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.$149K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$93K
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$62K
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$42K
- AstraZeneca$23K
- Gilead$19K
- plus $340 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,12996%
- Travel & lodging$70%
- Food & beverage$7623%
- Education$290%
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 | 83 | $21,379 |
| Merck | 13 | $214 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $121 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $93 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$21,927 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 66 pediatric infectious diseases providers in Texas.
Other pediatric infectious diseases in Houston
- Flor de Maria MunozHouston$268K
- Rene AmayaHouston$43K
- Denver NilesHouston$41K
- Micah BhattiHouston$31K
- Carol BakerHouston$30K
- Gail DemmlerHouston$5K
- Jeffrey StarkeHouston$4K
- Mark KlineHouston$2K
- Norma PerezHouston$1K
- Liset Olarte CarhuazHouston$892
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.