Michael Russo
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Plano, TXNPI 1043272958
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $16,000 of the $19,171 with a category attached, or 83.5%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 87.0% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $13,000 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $387 in 2025. Among pediatric gastroenterology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 126 payments — averaging $152.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$17K
- AbbVie$877
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$621
- Sanofi$381
- AstraZeneca$124
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$100
- plus $390 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5003%
- Food & beverage$2,67114%
- Education$16,00083%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $16,678 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 53 | $877 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $621 |
| Sanofi | 17 | $381 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $124 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Amgen | 2 | $43 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $34 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $28 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$16,650
How this compares
$19,171 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 159 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Plano
- John BakerPlano$3K
- Jae-Koo AnPlano$2K
- Brent KeithPlano$2K
- Manisha DavePlano$1K
- Naveen MittalDallas$182K
- Wenly RuanHouston$155K
- Amal AqulDallas$99K
- Stephanie AbramsHouston$94K
- Charina RamirezDallas$60K
- Ruben QuirosHouston$32K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.