Sara Karjoo
Pediatric Gastroenterology · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1457557761
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $28,704 of the $43,364 with a category attached, or 66.2%. Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $23,379 and has fallen 83.6% since, to $3,835 in 2025. Among pediatric gastroenterology clinicians in FL 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 97 payments — averaging $447.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$31K
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$11K
- AbbVie$502
- QOL Medical, LLC$408
- Abbott$374
- Medtronic$158
- plus $399 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,82023%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,70466%
- Travel & lodging$1,6784%
- Food & beverage$3,1617%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 16 | $30,699 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $10,824 |
| AbbVie | 18 | $502 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 19 | $408 |
| Abbott | 6 | $374 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $158 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $66 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $16 |
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
$43,364 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 128 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Florida.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in St Petersburg
- Michael WilseySt Petersburg$2K
- Samantha HensleySt Petersburg$1K
- Yamen SmadiOrlando$593K
- Regino Gonzalez-PeraltaOrlando$285K
- Akash PandeyOrlando$99K
- Shaista SafderOrlando$80K
- Alisa Muniz CrimMiami$50K
- Aymin DelgadoNaples$45K
- Jeffrey BornsteinOrlando$35K
- Debora DuroFort Lauderdale$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.