Wendy Gamazo
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.1% of the total across 172 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 51.8% of the total. Among family clinicians in FL 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 172 payments — averaging $26.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$788
- AbbVie$250
- Pfizer$230
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$184
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$166
- plus $581 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,42697%
- Education$1323%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 78 | $2,360 |
| Medtronic | 37 | $788 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $250 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $230 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $184 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $166 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $69 |
| Novartis | 2 | $45 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 2 | $41 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $19 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- VRAYLAR$250
- AVEIR$150
- Merlin Connectivity and Remote$142
- Confirm Rx$139
- GALLANT$134
- MERLIN@HOME$130
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$119
- BioMonitor$115
- Edora$115
- Acticor$115
- Solia$115
- Rivacor$115
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$100
How this compares
$4,558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 14,618 family providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $175 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 12 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Miami
- Patrick SzarazMiami$327K
- Yamila MelendezMiami$212K
- Suzan RosenMiami$129K
- Felipe NovoaMiami$110K
- Pamela DudkiewiczMiami$89K
- Stacy FeemsterMiami$51K
- Estrella Moreno RodriguezMiami$30K
- Lewis HarringtonTampa$954K
- Danielle PharesFt Lauderdale$713K
- Donna OrtizOrlando$417K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.