Omar Hudson
Pediatric Endocrinology · Melbourne, FLNPI 1043417421
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,125 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $30 in 2024.
Across 76 payments — averaging $43.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novo Nordisk$415
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$120
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$104
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$66
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$64
- plus $440 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,80054%
- Travel & lodging$933%
- Food & beverage$1,39642%
- Education$522%
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 | 12 | $2,131 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $415 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 5 | $104 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $57 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $29 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vistapharm, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Companion Medical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Lupron Depot$1,903
- TZIELD$120
How this compares
$3,341 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 102 pediatric endocrinology providers in Florida.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Melbourne
- Joshua YangOrlando$846K
- Henry RodriguezTampa$211K
- Dorothy ShulmanTampa$104K
- Michael HallerGainesville$102K
- Alejandro DiazMiami$101K
- Samuel FreedmanPembroke Pines$71K
- Jennifer MillerGainesville$57K
- Miladys Palau CollazoPort St Lucie$54K
- Laura JacobsenGainesville$36K
- Matthew BensonOrlando$32K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.