Ifeyinwa Onwudiwe
Pediatrics · Pearland, TXNPI 1285842724
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cranial Technologies, Inc at 33.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $53 and has fallen 73.3% since, to $14 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pediatrics clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $236.
Across 9 payments — averaging $16.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$49
- Merck$43
- GSK$41
- Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC$14
Across 103 payments — averaging $5517.71 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.
- Pfizer$359K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$108K
- Eli Lilly$57K
- GSK$44K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$147100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 4 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $43 |
| GSK | 2 | $41 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$147 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Pearland
- Suma ManjunathPearland$6K
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Jason RiehsFrisco$216K
- Ivonne Sahagun-CarreonNew Braunfels$168K
- Angela ScheuerleDallas$118K
- Dianna BurnsSan Antonio$100K
- Jason TerkKeller$93K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Laura ScalfanoPlano$74K
- Patricia AmersonSan Antonio$73K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.