Sue Eckhardt
Medical Oncology · Austin, TXNPI 1043300726
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,399,674 of the $1,451,666 with a category attached, or 96.4%. Exelixis Inc. accounts for 97.6% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,034,532, more than ten times the $9,972 reported in 2019. Among medical oncology clinicians in TX 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 77 payments — averaging $18,853 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exelixis Inc.$1.4M
- Amgen$25K
- Merck$10K
Across 2 payments — averaging $10,701 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.
- Novartis$18K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,3602%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,399,67496%
- Travel & lodging$18,0021%
- Food & beverage$4,6290%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exelixis Inc. | 45 | $1,416,582 |
| Amgen | 20 | $25,111 |
| Merck | 12 | $9,972 |
How this compares
$1,451,666 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 495 medical oncology providers in Texas.
Other medical oncology in Austin
- Miguel AlbinoAustin$322K
- Jason MelearAustin$229K
- Andrew BrennerAustin$125K
- Moshe LevyDallas$5.1M
- Suresh RatnamMcAllen$3M
- Roy HerbstHouston$1.9M
- Andrew WhiteleyDallas$1.7M
- Eric NadlerDallas$1.6M
- Vijay GunugantiSan Antonio$1.5M
- Joyce O'ShaughnessyDallas$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.