Lam Chu
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Houston, TXNPI 1497914816
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 154 payments — averaging $18.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$449
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$290
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$226
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$190
- Biogen$156
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$134
- plus $1K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,67395%
- Education$1345%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 23 | $449 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 17 | $290 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 15 | $226 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 9 | $190 |
| Biogen | 6 | $156 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $134 |
| Millicent US Inc | 8 | $130 |
| Bayer | 6 | $129 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $114 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $98 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 5 | $96 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $89 |
| Lupin Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Merck | 3 | $60 |
| Organon | 2 | $43 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 3 | $41 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $36 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $27 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Renovia Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,807 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,099 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Texas.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Houston
- Amir JazaeriHouston$19.5M
- Shannon WestinHouston$17.3M
- Mark JacobsHouston$2.8M
- Sandra HurtadoHouston$1.7M
- Dawn BlackHouston$1.2M
- George KuhnHouston$244K
- Luis Sandoval-MartinezHouston$234K
- Daisy AyimHouston$188K
- Asha BhalwalHouston$151K
- Monica LopezFort Worth$8.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.