James Strauss
Medical Oncology · Dallas, TXNPI 1770525933
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Restor3d, Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for medical oncology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $4,372.
Across 1 payment — averaging $22.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Restor3d, Inc.$23
Across 1,282 payments — averaging $7089.89 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.
- Merck$3.2M
- Pfizer$1.2M
- Alkermes, Inc.$1M
- GSK$922K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$665K
- Epizyme, Inc.$438K
- plus $1.6M from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$23100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
How this compares
$23 in reported general payments places this provider in the 0th percentile of 495 medical oncology providers in Texas.
Other medical oncology in Dallas
- Moshe LevyDallas$5.1M
- Andrew WhiteleyDallas$1.7M
- Eric NadlerDallas$1.6M
- Joyce O'ShaughnessyDallas$1.3M
- Ronan KellyDallas$1.1M
- Thomas HutsonDallas$944K
- Heather McArthurDallas$314K
- Tian ZhangDallas$286K
- Micah BurchDallas$221K
- David JohnsonDallas$212K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.