M Bruce Christopherson
Gynecology · Houston, TXNPI 1023029675
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 104 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,597 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $37 in 2023.
Across 104 payments — averaging $32.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$464
- Amgen$257
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$226
- Pfizer$223
- Lupin Inc.$151
- plus $969 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,35699%
- Education$461%
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) | 30 | $1,110 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $464 |
| Amgen | 5 | $257 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 8 | $226 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $223 |
| Lupin Inc. | 3 | $151 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 6 | $147 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $132 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $62 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Bayer | 3 | $60 |
| Merck | 3 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $34 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $22 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Organon | 1 | $20 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Renovia Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,401 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 161 gynecology providers in Texas.
Other gynecology in Houston
- Robert ZurawinHouston$61K
- Nicolas XydasHouston$19K
- Maurice LeibmanHouston$10K
- Glenn MorganHouston$7K
- Alfred PoindexterHouston$5K
- Pinky RonenHouston$4K
- John IrwinHouston$2K
- Richard FarnamEl Paso$1.2M
- Jessica ShepherdDallas$809K
- Linda LacyEl Paso$627K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.