Rodrigo Garcia de la Torre Astudillo
Pediatrics · Charleston, SCNPI 1629459920
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 59 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corium, LLC at 26.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $402 and has fallen 57.2% since, to $172 in 2025.
Across 59 payments — averaging $21.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$325
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$184
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$166
- Pfizer$153
- Seqirus USA Inc$86
- GSK$71
- plus $267 from 9 others
Across 25 payments — averaging $7857.63 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$196K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,23799%
- Other$151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 12 | $325 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $184 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $166 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $153 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 4 | $86 |
| GSK | 4 | $71 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Azstarys$100
How this compares
$1,252 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Charleston
- Stephen StriplingCharleston$31K
- Robert CliffordCharleston$8K
- James McElligottCharleston$6K
- John TraynhamCharleston$4K
- Todd VaskoCharleston$3K
- Phillip McGahaCharleston$2K
- Aimee GoedeckeCharleston$2K
- Micah VaskoCharleston$2K
- Christina CuffCharleston$2K
- Vanessa AdamsCharleston$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.