Rosario Riel Romero
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Shreveport, LANPI 1871526160
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 267 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,513 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $70 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology with special qualifications in child neurology clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $5,367.
Across 267 payments — averaging $20.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- DIXI Medical USA Corp$824
- Amgen$527
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$447
- Novartis$343
- AstraZeneca$341
- UCB, Inc.$335
- plus $3K from 29 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $2650.00 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.
- UCB Biosciences Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$200%
- Food & beverage$5,33499%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DIXI Medical USA Corp | 1 | $824 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 32 | $527 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 55 | $447 |
| Novartis | 18 | $343 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $341 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $335 |
| Sanofi | 15 | $315 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 22 | $272 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $262 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 15 | $261 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 11 | $172 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 7 | $128 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $122 |
| Biogen | 6 | $114 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 7 | $107 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $105 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Zogenix Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $49 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $36 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$248
- Fintepla$125
- SOLIRIS$124
How this compares
$5,367 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 30 neurology with special qualifications in child neurology providers in Louisiana.
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Other neurology with special qualifications in child neurology in Shreveport
- Sheila AsgharShreveport$3K
- Aristotel Pena-MichesMonroe$207K
- Ann Henderson TiltonNew Orleans$119K
- Cresha DavisWest Monroe$73K
- Joaquin WongNew Orleans$28K
- Allison ConraveyNew Orleans$15K
- John FlattCovington$14K
- Stephen NelsonMetarie$11K
- Shannon McGuireBaton Rouge$10K
- David HoughtonNew Orleans$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.