Sheldon Kaplan
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Houston, TXNPI 1982784245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.4% of the total across 24 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 46.0% of the total.
Across 24 payments — averaging $24.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$266
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$234
- AbbVie$78
Across 37 payments — averaging $49,230 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.
- Pfizer$1.6M
- AbbVie$138K
- Merck$48K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$53492%
- Education$448%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 12 | $266 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $234 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $78 |
How this compares
$578 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 66 pediatric infectious diseases providers in Texas.
Other pediatric infectious diseases in Houston
- Flor de Maria MunozHouston$268K
- Rene AmayaHouston$43K
- Denver NilesHouston$41K
- Micah BhattiHouston$31K
- Carol BakerHouston$30K
- Gloria HeresiHouston$22K
- Gail DemmlerHouston$5K
- Jeffrey StarkeHouston$4K
- Mark KlineHouston$2K
- Norma PerezHouston$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.