Jon Roberts
Pediatric Pulmonology · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1114933272
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Electromed, Inc. at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,190 and has fallen 88.6% since, to $249 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $75.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Electromed, Inc.$2K
- PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$688
- Gilead$441
- Vertex$356
- Sanofi$230
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $16,319 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.
- Vertex$147K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,60051%
- Food & beverage$3,33848%
- Education$801%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Electromed, Inc. | 8 | $2,397 |
| PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc. | 2 | $1,628 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $688 |
| Gilead | 13 | $441 |
| Vertex | 9 | $356 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $230 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $190 |
| Philips North America LLC | 9 | $155 |
| Biogen | 3 | $152 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $147 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $89 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 5 | $89 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $50 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Vyaire Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SMARTVEST$2,273
- KITABIS PAK$1,628
- FASENRA$340
- DUPIXENT$228
- TOBI Podhaler$125
- TEZSPIRE$104
- Cayston$100
How this compares
$7,018 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 104 pediatric pulmonology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Corpus Christi
- Hector Aguilar SabillonCorpus Christi$721
- Amine DaherCorpus Christi$717
- Sarat SusarlaHouston$194K
- Jason FullmerAustin$74K
- Kelly SmithSan Antonio$69K
- Carolyn CannonDallas$55K
- Shailendra DasFort Worth$23K
- Donna Willey-CourandSan Antonio$19K
- Fadel RuizHouston$17K
- Peter HiattHouston$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.