Sandra Torres
Neuromuscular Medicine · Wilmington, NCNPI 1518068154
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.9% of the total across 77 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 77 payments — averaging $22.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$317
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.$241
- UCB, Inc.$180
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$136
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$126
- Amgen$104
- plus $663 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$905%
- Food & beverage$1,67795%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $317 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $241 |
| UCB, Inc. | 8 | $180 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $136 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $126 |
| Amgen | 1 | $104 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $94 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 6 | $90 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Strongbridge US Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $41 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
Too few neuromuscular medicine providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other neuromuscular medicine in Wilmington
- Alyson HommelWilmington$76K
- Marisa McGheeWinston Salem$36K
- Anahit MehrabyanChapel Hill$10K
- Shruti RajaDurham$8K
- Jonathan MorenaDurham$3K
- Jeremy HillGreensboro$3K
- Leslie Higuita MontoyaRaleigh$425
- Tiffany Pike-LeeFort Bragg$288
- Jordan MayberryDurham$281
- Araya PuwanantWinston-Salem$163
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.