Ray Pais
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1437171295
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $30 of the $47 with a category attached, or 64.5%. Pfizer accounts for 64.5% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $384.
Across 3 payments — averaging $15.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$30
- Stemline Therapeutics Inc.$17
Across 43 payments — averaging $16,141 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$505K
- Shire North American Group Inc$145K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$44K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3064%
- Education$1736%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 2 | $30 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$47 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 113 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Tennessee.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Knoxville
- Thomas MialeKnoxville$648
- Scott HowardMemphis$1.5M
- Jennifer DommNashville$359K
- Haydar FrangoulNashville$356K
- Ellis NeufeldMemphis$263K
- Deepa ManwaniMemphis$143K
- Akshay SharmaMemphis$92K
- Alberto PappoMemphis$88K
- Ching-Hon PuiMemphis$75K
- Hiroto InabaMemphis$67K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.