Joseph Bocchini
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Shreveport, LANPI 1760402630
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Pfizer accounts for 76.8% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 66 payments — averaging $1167.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$59K
- Valneva USA, Inc.$7K
- Sobi, Inc$4K
- Modernatx, Inc.$3K
- Dynavax Technologies Corporation$3K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$167
- plus $59 from 3 others
Across 76 payments — averaging $162,537 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.
- Regeneron$12.3M
- Pfizer$34K
- GSK$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,63553%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,66035%
- Travel & lodging$7,79010%
- Food & beverage$1,8232%
- Education$1340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer(2 entities) | 41 | $59,138 |
| Valneva USA, Inc. | 9 | $7,263 |
| Sobi, Inc | 7 | $4,415 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 2 | $3,200 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $2,800 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $167 |
| Bayer | 1 | $22 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 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.
- PREVNAR 20$11,181
- Synagis$4,306
- Heplisav-B$2,800
- PREVNAR - 13$2,450
- Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine$1,600
- IXCHIQ$1,313
- PENBRAYA$1,222
- TRUMENBA$217
How this compares
Too few pediatric infectious diseases providers in Louisianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric infectious diseases in Shreveport
- John VanchiereShreveport$15K
- Patricia Pichilingue RetoShreveport$10K
- Gayatri MiraniNew Orleans$5K
- Russell VandykeNew Orleans$4K
- Margarita SilioNew Orleans$3K
- Adaora UzodiBaton Rouge$625
- Monika DietrichNew Orleans$197
- James RobinsonNew Orleans$181
- Michael BoltonBaton Rouge$179
- Sandra GuerguisBaton Rouge$146
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.