Jerry Wolinsky
Neurology · Houston, TXNPI 1578599007
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 138 payments — averaging $1198.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$54K
- Novartis Pharma AG$41K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$19K
- Genentech, Inc.$16K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$13K
- Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.$7K
- plus $15K from 7 others
Across 71 payments — averaging $1464.08 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.
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$82K
- Novartis Pharma AG$16K
- Genentech, Inc.$3K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$2K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$1K
- Sanofi$449
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$79,74548%
- Speaking & faculty fees$43,66726%
- Travel & lodging$40,54125%
- Food & beverage$1,4071%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 55 | $54,261 |
| Novartis Pharma AG | 27 | $41,340 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $18,809 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 17 | $15,872 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 10 | $13,383 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $6,806 |
| GW Pharma Limited | 5 | $6,602 |
| Hexal AG | 2 | $4,225 |
| Roche Products Limited | 2 | $2,100 |
| EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc. | 2 | $1,720 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Novartis | 2 | $99 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- OCREVUS$69,876
- OMB157G_ARZERRA_HEMATOLOGY$41,329
- AUBAGIO$18,809
- Epidiolex$6,646
How this compares
$165,360 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.
Other neurology in Houston
- Jamshid LotfiHouston$6M
- Nazanin MajdHouston$5.9M
- Aziz ShaibaniHouston$5.5M
- John LindseyHouston$3.9M
- Joseph KassHouston$3.7M
- William OndoHouston$3.1M
- Vinay PuduvalliHouston$2.5M
- Erin Furr-StimmingHouston$2.1M
- Arjun TarakadHouston$2M
- Mazen DimachkieHouston$1.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.