Adam Whitman
Pediatrics · San Diego, CANPI 1124199971
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 122 payments — averaging $25.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$527
- Merck$447
- GSK$364
- Pfizer$312
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$215
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$211
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,135100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 13 | $527 |
| Merck | 13 | $447 |
| GSK | 7 | $364 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $312 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $215 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 14 | $211 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 13 | $200 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $191 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 4 | $79 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $41 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- VAXELIS$259
- BEXSERO$244
- XOLAIR$150
- TZIELD$146
- VAXNEUVANCE$125
- GARDASIL 9$111
How this compares
$3,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in San Diego
- Shaun BergerSan Diego$490K
- Anup KatheriaSan Diego$371K
- Carla Demeterco-BerggrenSan Diego$159K
- Nicola KleinOakland$81.9M
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$38.4M
- Carey ChronisVentura$6.3M
- Jose DiazDowney$5.4M
- Bruce BuckinghamSan Jose$3.1M
- Patrick WalshAnaheim$3M
- Teresita Salazar-GuadizBellflower$2.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.