Belinda Senar
Pediatrics · Shafter, CANPI 1275581985
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 129 payments — averaging $34.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$866
- Merz North America, Inc.$514
- Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.$414
- Pfizer$307
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$289
- Merck$284
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,398100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 17 | $866 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $514 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 28 | $414 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $307 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $289 |
| Merck | 10 | $284 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 4 | $274 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 12 | $262 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $197 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $135 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 8 | $120 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $80 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$4,398 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Shafter
- 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
- Liberation de LeonParamount$2.7M
- Melvin HeymanSan Francisco$2.5M
- Aftab NazMadera$2.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.