Peter Szmuk
Anesthesiology · Dallas, TXNPI 1023107620
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 51.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,256 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $1,000 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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 16 payments — averaging $432.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$4K
- Masimo Corporation$3K
- Merck$40
Across 134 payments — averaging $5603.29 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.
- Masimo Corporation$302K
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$185K
- B. Braun Medical Inc.$73K
- Genus Lifesciences, Inc$64K
- Vistapharm, Inc.$64K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$63K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,10045%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50036%
- Travel & lodging$3655%
- Food & beverage$95114%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 2 | $3,559 |
| Masimo Corporation | 12 | $3,318 |
| Merck | 2 | $40 |
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.
- EMBEDA$3,100
- SedLine$2,101
- SET and rainbow SET$1,362
- Patient SafetyNet System$1,362
- PRECEDEX$459
- rainbow SET$107
How this compares
$6,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology providers in Texas.
Other anesthesiology in Dallas
- James MuellerDallas$636K
- Girish JoshiDallas$239K
- Christina RiccioDallas$131K
- Richard DuttonDallas$105K
- Shawn ThomasDallas$77K
- Kelly LeblancDallas$70K
- Michael WalshDallas$66K
- Holly BarkoDallas$66K
- Melissa BurgerDallas$30K
- Amy MarinoDallas$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.