Kerin Adelson
Medical Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1285846790
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 39 payments — averaging $70,682 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2.6M
- Genentech, Inc.$80K
- Radius Health, Inc.$25K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$13K
- AstraZeneca$8K
- AbbVie$7K
- plus $11K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,27074%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,34726%
- Education$230%
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 | $2,612,304 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $80,213 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 5 | $24,605 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 3 | $12,720 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $8,200 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $7,425 |
| Bayer | 4 | $5,850 |
| Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 4 | $2,700 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $2,145 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $147 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
| Amgen | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Venclexta$7,425
- DIAGNOSTICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS$2,700
How this compares
$2,756,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 495 medical oncology providers in Texas.
Other medical oncology in Houston
- Hagop KantarjianHouston$100.5M
- Timothy YapHouston$56.7M
- Yasir ElaminHouston$41.3M
- David HongHouston$31.6M
- Guillermo Garcia-ManeroHouston$31.6M
- Jason WestinHouston$30.8M
- Lucia MasarovaHouston$29.7M
- Jordi Rodon AhnertHouston$28.1M
- Sarina Piha PaulHouston$26M
- Jenny ChangHouston$17.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.