Sasi Penukonda
Pediatric Endocrinology · Shreveport, LANPI 1811220957
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 89 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $824, 4.2 times the $195 reported in 2021.
Across 89 payments — averaging $26.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Insulet Corporation$448
- Tolmar, Inc.$304
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$283
- Medtronic$248
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$148
- Dexcom, Inc.$140
- plus $783 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,354100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Insulet Corporation | 12 | $448 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 13 | $304 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 9 | $283 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $248 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $148 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 6 | $140 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $117 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $104 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $102 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Abbott | 3 | $56 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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 pediatric endocrinology providers in Louisianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Shreveport
- Snigdha LikkiShreveport$1K
- Jayalakshmi Narayan BhatShreveport$727
- Robert McVieShreveport$65
- Stuart ChalewNew Orleans$7K
- Ricardo GomezNew Orleans$6K
- Janna Flint WilsonLafayette$5K
- Cielo AlleynNew Orleans$3K
- Dania Felipe-RamirezNew Orleans$3K
- Arlette Soros DupreNew Orleans$2K
- Chantal LutfallahBaton Rouge$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.