Aarti Kulshrestha
Pediatrics · West Covina, CANPI 1447277413
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 42 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Phadia US Inc. at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $303 and has fallen 51.5% since, to $147 in 2025.
Across 42 payments — averaging $29.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Phadia US Inc.$446
- GSK$172
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$140
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$122
- Abbott$119
- Merck$109
- plus $122 from 4 others
Across 159 payments — averaging $4046.03 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$330K
- AstraZeneca$140K
- GSK$137K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$36K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,231100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Phadia US Inc. | 11 | $446 |
| GSK | 7 | $172 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 8 | $140 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Abbott | 1 | $119 |
| Merck | 7 | $109 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $41 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
How this compares
$1,231 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in West Covina
- Laurene MascolaLos Angeles$451K
- Tonya ChaffeeSan Francisco$359K
- Anthony PortaleSan Francisco$354K
- David KesslerSan Francisco$335K
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$297K
- Steven BlackOakland$228K
- Jonathan StroberSan Francisco$164K
- Hasmukh AminBakersfield$140K
- Colleen KraftNewport Beach$122K
- Lela BachrachOakland$119K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.