Avnesh Thakor
Pediatric Radiology · Palo Alto, CANPI 1679943336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Inari Medical, Inc. accounts for 91.4% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $14,375 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $99 in 2025. Among pediatric radiology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 58 payments — averaging $428.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$23K
- Penumbra, Inc.$876
- Arrow International, Inc.$500
- Cook Medical LLC$145
- Terumo Medical Corporation$126
- Biogen$123
- plus $361 from 7 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $94,195 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$188K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,00052%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,00024%
- Travel & lodging$3,39514%
- Food & beverage$2,44310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 32 | $22,706 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 14 | $876 |
| Arrow International, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $126 |
| Biogen | 1 | $123 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $89 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $69 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Stryker | 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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$22,467
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$22,142
- Penumbra Coil 400$208
- Benchmark$180
- Cook Medical Zilver PTX$145
- Penumbra System$131
- AZUR$126
- Navicross$126
- Glidesheath$126
- GlideWire$126
- SPINRAZA$123
How this compares
$24,838 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 pediatric radiology providers in California.
Other pediatric radiology in Palo Alto
- Francis BlankenbergPalo Alto$162K
- Shreyas VasanawalaPalo Alto$15K
- David LarsonPalo Alto$11K
- Heike Daldrup LinkPalo Alto$9K
- Richard BarthPalo Alto$7K
- Beverley NewmanPalo Alto$5K
- Jayne SeekinsPalo Alto$3K
- Andrew LiuPalo Alto$1K
- Crystal NorgrenPalo Alto$1K
- Fred LaninghamPalo Alto$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.