Preeti Sharma
Pediatric Pulmonology · Dallas, TXNPI 1285788489
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.2%), food and beverage and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Vertex accounts for 61.4% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,812 and has fallen 78.3% since, to $610 in 2025.
Across 220 payments — averaging $45.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$6K
- AbbVie$1K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$641
- Baxter Healthcare$391
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$194
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$160
- plus $1K from 15 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $30,604 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.
- Vertex$214K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,47655%
- Food & beverage$4,32244%
- Education$410%
- Gifts$761%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 37 | $6,088 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 69 | $1,399 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 39 | $641 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 11 | $391 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $194 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $160 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $156 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 9 | $150 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 5 | $113 |
| Vivus LLC | 5 | $101 |
| Novartis | 5 | $84 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Gilead | 4 | $69 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Digestive Care, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $30 |
| GSK | 2 | $26 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $25 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $20 |
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.
How this compares
$9,916 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 104 pediatric pulmonology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Dallas
- Carolyn CannonDallas$55K
- Steven CopenhaverDallas$13K
- Syed NaqviDallas$7K
- Andrew GelfandDallas$6K
- Pravin SahDallas$5K
- Yadira Rivera-SanchezDallas$3K
- Folashade AfolabiDallas$3K
- Devika RaoDallas$1K
- Michelle CaraballoDallas$693
- Brian MahmoodDallas$499
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.