Alex Liu
Ophthalmology · Torrance, CANPI 1275553158
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Rxsight Inc at 56.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,780, 8.0 times the $222 reported in 2019.
Across 38 payments — averaging $70.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rxsight Inc$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$280
- AbbVie$181
- Alcon$151
- Amgen$122
- Covidien LP$92
- plus $343 from 11 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $8435.88 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.
- Alcon Research LLC$176K
- Rxsight Inc$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50056%
- Food & beverage$1,17044%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $1,500 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $280 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $181 |
| Alcon | 3 | $151 |
| Amgen | 1 | $122 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $92 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $91 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $62 |
| Abbott | 1 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $11 |
| Akorn, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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
$2,670 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in Torrance
- Amr KouchoukTorrance$323K
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Gilbert KlimanMenlo Park$1.5M
- Kuldev SinghStanford$1.5M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$1.3M
- John AffeldtLoma Linda$1.1M
- Srinivas SaddaPasadena$1M
- Sheri RowenNewport Beach$1M
- Savak TeymoorianLaguna Hills$955K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.