Maria Escolar
Pediatrics · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1366552812
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $29,978 of the $42,385 with a category attached, or 70.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. at 39.3% of the total. Among pediatrics clinicians in NC 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 41 payments — averaging $1033.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$17K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$10K
- Shire North American Group Inc$5K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$3K
- Janssen Global Services, LLC$2K
- plus $3K from 5 others
Across 78 payments — averaging $16,034 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$575K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$214K
- CSL Behring$208K
- Eli Lilly$118K
- AstraZeneca$84K
- Shire North American Group Inc$50K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,97871%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,82918%
- Travel & lodging$4,36410%
- Food & beverage$2141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $16,677 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $9,800 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 8 | $5,067 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $3,433 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 1 | $2,679 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 1 | $1,620 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $1,150 |
| ZOLL Medical Corporation | 2 | $1,000 |
| Vertex | 1 | $533 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $375 |
| Amgen | 1 | $50 |
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.
- Vimizim$375
How this compares
$42,385 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,818 pediatrics providers in North Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Chapel Hill
- Joseph MuenzerChapel Hill$237K
- Timothy GershonChapel Hill$59K
- David PedenChapel Hill$29K
- Elizabeth JalazoChapel Hill$22K
- Lauren HerlihyChapel Hill$15K
- Steven ZeiselChapel Hill$10K
- Matthew LaughonChapel Hill$10K
- Arvil BurksChapel Hill$8K
- Lindsay TorriceChapel Hill$4K
- Dwight KoeberlDurham$8.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.