Mahalakshmi Ramchandra
Pediatrics · Dickinson, TXNPI 1013951649
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $3,821 of the $4,864 with a category attached, or 78.6%. Welch Allyn accounts for 78.6% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,920 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $86 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 54 payments — averaging $90.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Welch Allyn$4K
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$252
- Merck$188
- Pfizer$162
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$90
- Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.$70
- plus $280 from 11 others
Across 183 payments — averaging $5214.83 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.
- GSK$250K
- Novavax Inc$215K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$187K
- Pfizer$151K
- Cue Health Inc.$112K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$31K
- plus $9K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,03121%
- Education$120%
- Other$3,82179%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $3,821 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $252 |
| Merck | 11 | $188 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $162 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $55 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $50 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $35 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $25 |
| GSK | 1 | $24 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $17 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 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.
- SureSight Vision Screener$3,821
How this compares
$4,864 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Dickinson
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Jason RiehsFrisco$216K
- Ivonne Sahagun-CarreonNew Braunfels$168K
- Angela ScheuerleDallas$118K
- Dianna BurnsSan Antonio$100K
- Jason TerkKeller$93K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Laura ScalfanoPlano$74K
- Patricia AmersonSan Antonio$73K
- Ralph DeberardinisDallas$56K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.