Albert Liu
Cardiovascular Disease · San Francisco, CANPI 1982067336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.8%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 42.6% of the total.
Across 204 payments — averaging $99.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$438
- Philips North America LLC$414
- plus $879 from 9 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $217,578 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.
- Gilead$435K
What the payments were for
- Grants$4,55822%
- Travel & lodging$6,99834%
- Food & beverage$8,10140%
- Education$6873%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 38 | $8,667 |
| Abbott | 40 | $3,835 |
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $3,420 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 73 | $2,691 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $438 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $414 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $141 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Novartis | 3 | $71 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $70 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
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.
- S-ICD System Magnet$997
- ENSITE PRECISION$969
- AVEIR$913
- Carto 3$832
- Micra$672
- ENSITE$342
- OPTIMIZER$341
- (9124) LM Undivided$187
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$186
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$180
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$161
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$144
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$130
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$129
- HeartSpan Steerable Sheath Introducer$126
- Soundstar$119
- MERLIN@HOME$118
- LINQ II$112
How this compares
$20,343 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in San Francisco
- Philip SagerSan Francisco$675K
- Javid MoslehiSan Francisco$307K
- Tony ChouSan Francisco$301K
- Lloyd KleinSan Francisco$149K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
- Eric Topolla Jolla$2.2M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.