Susan Rossmann
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1760550412
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 6 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Terumo BCT, Inc. at 42.4% of the total.
Across 6 payments — averaging $69.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Terumo BCT, Inc.$177
- Carter Bloodcare$176
- Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Inc.$32
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$32
Across 46 payments — averaging $45,678 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.
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$2.1M
- BD$29K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$418100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| Carter Bloodcare | 2 | $176 |
| Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
- Spectra Optia$115
How this compares
Too few blood banking & transfusion medicine providers in Texasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other blood banking & transfusion medicine in Houston
- Arthur BraceyHouston$8K
- Hlaing TintHouston$430
- Laurie SutorDallas$90K
- Ravindra SarodeDallas$80K
- Mary TownsendAmarillo$34K
- Sean YatesDallas$8K
- James BurnerDallas$778
- Christopher WebbDallas$400
- Christopher GonzalezTemple$292
- Frances BenoistBedford$166
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.