Pauline Hsu
Pediatrics · Frederick, MDNPI 1134152416
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 72 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $455 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $58 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $19.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$280
- Amgen$165
- Merck$164
- Exact Sciences$143
- AbbVie$126
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$126
- plus $377 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,381100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $280 |
| Amgen | 8 | $165 |
| Merck | 9 | $164 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $143 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $126 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 5 | $126 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $50 |
| Abbott | 2 | $48 |
| GSK | 3 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $41 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,381 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,307 pediatrics providers in Maryland.
Other pediatrics in Frederick
- Keith St AmandFrederick$4K
- Jitendrakumar ModiAnnapolis$149K
- Mary Elizabeth YoungerBaltimore$130K
- Hari SachsRockville$114K
- Brenda BanwellBaltimore$109K
- Ellen FieldsSilver Spring$68K
- John ThomsonBaltimore$67K
- Carmelo CuffariBaltimore$61K
- Victor AbdowRockville$58K
- John PierceRockville$47K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.