Joel Steelman
Pediatric Endocrinology · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1790813137
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. at 35.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,265 and has fallen 89.0% since, to $692 in 2025.
Across 32 payments — averaging $610.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$7K
- Pfizer$5K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$3K
- Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$500
- plus $320 from 4 others
Across 236 payments — averaging $3441.89 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.
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$505K
- AbbVie$122K
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$95K
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$43K
- Pfizer$27K
- Ipsen Innovation$18K
- plus $1K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,86556%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,58634%
- Travel & lodging$8614%
- Food & beverage$1,2286%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 5 | $6,936 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $5,432 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $3,315 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $1,575 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $1,463 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $176 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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
$19,541 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 120 pediatric endocrinology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Fort Worth
- Donnie WilsonFort Worth$58K
- Paul ThorntonFort Worth$52K
- John DallasFort Worth$6K
- Luke CielonkoFort Worth$3K
- Sani RoyFort Worth$3K
- Jose Gamez-GodoyEdinburg$207K
- Virginia AraizaHouston$151K
- Daniel DesalvoHouston$133K
- Amy BurtonPlano$130K
- Susan NunezAustin$91K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.