Ana Tesi Rocha
Neuromuscular Medicine · Palo Alto, CANPI 1255646915
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $117,313 of the $154,423 with a category attached, or 76.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. at 45.7% of the total.
Across 136 payments — averaging $1135.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$70K
- Biogen$45K
- Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. (fka Avexis, Inc.)$11K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$8K
- Novartis$7K
- ITF Therapeutics LLC$5K
- plus $7K from 6 others
Across 381 payments — averaging $1501.64 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.
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$515K
- Sanofi$34K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$24K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$117,31376%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,02414%
- Travel & lodging$11,6268%
- Food & beverage$3,4612%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 70 | $70,497 |
| Biogen | 32 | $45,282 |
| Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. (fka Avexis, Inc.) | 10 | $11,375 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 7 | $7,559 |
| Novartis | 2 | $7,123 |
| ITF Therapeutics LLC | 3 | $5,310 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $3,529 |
| NS Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $2,282 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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
$154,423 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 44 neuromuscular medicine providers in California.
Other neuromuscular medicine in Palo Alto
- Gabrielle DufortPalo Alto$146
- Samir MacwanRancho Mirage$983K
- Ali HabibOrange$445K
- Tahseen MozaffarOrange$428K
- Jeffrey RosenfeldFresno$361K
- John DayStanford$294K
- Marwa KaiseyWest Hollywood$264K
- Namita GoyalOrange$174K
- Jay HanOrange$126K
- Steven CramerLos Angeles$112K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.