Willy Pezzia
Internal Medicine · Katy, TXNPI 1982604575
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 106 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.1% of the total. 2021 is the largest year on record at $1,083, more than ten times the $66 reported in 2019.
Across 106 payments — averaging $17.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$488
- AstraZeneca$232
- Pfizer$182
- Lilly USA, LLC$137
- Amgen$137
- GSK$110
- plus $586 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,872100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 32 | $488 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $232 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $182 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $137 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $137 |
| GSK | 6 | $110 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| Novartis | 4 | $94 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $76 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $58 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $42 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Merck | 2 | $28 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,872 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in Katy
- Spencer BerthelsenSugar Land$891K
- Hameed AliTemple$773K
- Marc TribbleDallas$693K
- Gary SinclairDallas$599K
- Mohammed Al-NajjarEl Paso$586K
- Han SchmidlyDallas$465K
- Hussein TawbiHouston$365K
- Hans LeeHouston$327K
- Tapan KadiaHouston$311K
- Nitin JainHouston$281K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.