Catherine Chen
Dermatology · San Diego, CANPI 1861653479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 92 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,086 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $40 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,655.
Across 92 payments — averaging $19.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$370
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$307
- Medtronic$163
- AbbVie$149
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$121
- Novartis$115
- plus $557 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,782100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 28 | $370 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $307 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $163 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $149 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Novartis | 6 | $115 |
| Amgen | 5 | $84 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $77 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $71 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 2 | $29 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Other dermatology in San Diego
- Neal BhatiaSan Diego$2.5M
- Arisa OrtizSan Diego$261K
- Michael BradshawSan Diego$143K
- Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$2.9M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$2.8M
- Robert GreenbergLivermore$2.6M
- April ArmstrongLos Angeles$2.3M
- Jeffrey CrowleyBakersfield$2.1M
- Jashin WuCorona$2M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.