Bruce Buckingham
Pediatrics · San Jose, CANPI 1174560247
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 73.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,188 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $62 in 2025. Among pediatrics 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 105 payments — averaging $564.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$44K
- Novo Nordisk$5K
- Lilly USA, LLC$3K
- Novo Nordisk AS$2K
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$2K
- Convatec Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 6 others
Across 179 payments — averaging $16,954 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.
- Medtronic$1.9M
- Insulet Corporation$1.1M
- Eli Lilly$42K
- Novo Nordisk AS$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,28555%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,43529%
- Travel & lodging$5,3489%
- Food & beverage$2,1684%
- Charitable contribution$2,0003%
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(2 entities) | 92 | $43,698 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $5,355 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $2,625 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 1 | $2,295 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $2,086 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $1,275 |
| Abbott | 1 | $121 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $54 |
| Senseonics, Incorporated | 1 | $51 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Minimed 670G System$8,698
- Tresiba$5,355
- MiniMed Quick-set$2,325
- t-slim insulin pump$2,000
- MINIMED 780G$1,711
- AQUACEL AG$1,600
- MINIMED 770G$1,500
- Omnipod$1,275
- Minimed 770G System$489
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$121
How this compares
$59,236 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in San Jose
- Laurene MascolaLos Angeles$451K
- Tonya ChaffeeSan Francisco$359K
- Anthony PortaleSan Francisco$354K
- David KesslerSan Francisco$335K
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$297K
- Steven BlackOakland$228K
- Jonathan StroberSan Francisco$164K
- Hasmukh AminBakersfield$140K
- Colleen KraftNewport Beach$122K
- Lela BachrachOakland$119K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.