Simon Horslen
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1750471645
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,105 of the $17,911 with a category attached, or 73.2%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shire North American Group Inc at 33.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,815 and has fallen 71.0% since, to $1,976 in 2025. Among pediatric gastroenterology clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 27 payments — averaging $663.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shire North American Group Inc$6K
- Albireo Pharma, Inc.$5K
- AstraZeneca$5K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$2K
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$328
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$149
- plus $32 from 1 others
Across 158 payments — averaging $4849.95 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.
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$337K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$239K
- Shire North American Group Inc$122K
- Gilead$67K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,10573%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,92516%
- Travel & lodging$3502%
- Food & beverage$1,4948%
- Education$380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shire North American Group Inc | 10 | $5,996 |
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $4,875 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $4,700 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $1,830 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $328 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $149 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $32 |
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
$17,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 111 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Pennsylvania.
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Other pediatric gastroenterology in Pittsburgh
- Patrick McKiernanPittsburgh$26K
- James SquiresPittsburgh$8K
- Wednesday SevillaPittsburgh$3K
- Whitney SunseriPittsburgh$1K
- Vibha SoodPittsburgh$751
- Jeffrey RudolphPittsburgh$539
- Mary AyersPittsburgh$504
- Micaela ConnellyPittsburgh$476
- Robert BaldassanoPhiladelphia$54K
- Chris LiacourasPhiladelphia$46K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.