Aarathi Cholkeri
Gynecology · El Segundo, CANPI 1205857281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 63.7% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $117,995 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $56 in 2025. Among gynecology clinicians in CA 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 202 payments — averaging $632.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$81K
- Covidien LP$16K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$11K
- American Regent$7K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$3K
- plus $4K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,19231%
- Speaking & faculty fees$68,19053%
- Travel & lodging$13,34010%
- Food & beverage$6,1135%
- Gifts$180%
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 | 109 | $81,386 |
| Covidien LP | 44 | $15,998 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 15 | $10,620 |
| American Regent | 1 | $6,762 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $5,873 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 4 | $3,381 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 2 | $2,008 |
| Olympus Corporation | 1 | $485 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 6 | $376 |
| Bayer | 1 | $350 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Merck | 1 | $120 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $97 |
| Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. | 4 | $96 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 1 | $38 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Orilissa$70,712
- INJECTAFER$17,105
- TruClear$14,448
- GENERAL UTERINE TISSUE REMOVAL$5,424
- SCISSORS,HORIZ CUT,RIGHT,SNGL$3,000
- Desara$2,008
- Vertessa$1,563
- Senhance$782
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$378
- Kyleena$350
- Mirena$350
- Skyla$350
- CORD,HI FREQ,W/8MM PLUG,300CM,$199
- Sonata System$162
How this compares
$127,853 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 247 gynecology providers in California.
Other gynecology in El Segundo
- Bruce LeeMonterey$2.8M
- Barbara Levyla Jolla$719K
- Samar NahasRiverside$132K
- Kelly WrightLos Angeles$119K
- Naphthali AlinsodLaguna Beach$108K
- Albertine OmaniOakland$70K
- Matthew SiedhoffBeverly Hills$67K
- Justin DiedrichAgoura Hills$46K
- Thomas CunninghamMonterey$36K
- Ricki PollycoveSan Francisco$36K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.