Jenny Despotovic
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1326298126
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $40,360 of the $58,898 with a category attached, or 68.5%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 44.8% of the total. Among pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 37 payments — averaging $1591.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$26K
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$15K
- Dova Pharmaceuticals$8K
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Sobi, Inc$3K
- Amgen$2K
Across 28 payments — averaging $665,466 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.
- Novartis$18.5M
- Amgen$82K
- Sobi, Inc$23K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,36069%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,79330%
- Food & beverage$7461%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 10 | $26,361 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 | $15,012 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $7,562 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $5,400 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $2,775 |
| Amgen | 3 | $1,788 |
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.
How this compares
$58,898 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 235 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Houston
- Vivek SubbiahHouston$194K
- Clay CohenHouston$62K
- Helen HeslopHouston$51K
- Nidra RodriguezHouston$48K
- Venee TubmanHouston$43K
- Youngna Lee KimHouston$36K
- Richard GorlickHouston$21K
- Carl AllenHouston$18K
- Titilope FasipeHouston$17K
- Cynthia HerzogHouston$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.