Rasheed Gbadegesin
Pediatrics · Durham, NCNPI 1205951720
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $32,943 of the $49,719 with a category attached, or 66.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Travere Therapeutics, Inc. at 50.2% of the total. Among pediatrics clinicians in NC 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 40 payments — averaging $1242.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$25K
- Vertex$16K
- Novo Nordisk$5K
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$3K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$800
- AstraZeneca$150
- plus $189 from 3 others
Across 196 payments — averaging $5064.95 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.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$396K
- Vertex$374K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$88K
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$80K
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$28K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$14K
- plus $13K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,94366%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,35027%
- Travel & lodging$2,1304%
- Food & beverage$1,2963%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $24,979 |
| Vertex | 11 | $15,775 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $5,208 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 2 | $2,618 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 1 | $800 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $150 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Amgen | 1 | $32 |
| Novo Nordisk Health Care AG | 1 | $18 |
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
$49,719 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,818 pediatrics providers in North Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Durham
- Dwight KoeberlDurham$8.4M
- Priya KishnaniDurham$5.8M
- Edward SmithDurham$164K
- Daniel LandiDurham$70K
- Mohamad MikatiDurham$35K
- David VanmaterDurham$32K
- Stephanie DearmeyDurham$30K
- Emmanuel WalterDurham$15K
- William MalcolmDurham$14K
- Charlene WongDurham$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.