Christian Chew
Optometrist · South San Francisco, CANPI 1174134373
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,817 of the $9,323 with a category attached, or 73.1%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Coopervision Inc. at 47.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,535, more than ten times the $97 reported in 2020. Among optometrist 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 169 payments — averaging $55.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopervision Inc.$4K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$2K
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$627
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$518
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$320
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$225
- plus $926 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6677%
- Travel & lodging$1,66318%
- Food & beverage$6,81773%
- Entertainment$1772%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coopervision Inc. | 44 | $4,451 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 51 | $2,255 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 13 | $627 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 21 | $518 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $320 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $225 |
| Optos, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Alcon | 5 | $122 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Novartis | 3 | $63 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
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.
- SynergEyes contact lens$912
- MiSight Contact Lens$910
- MyDay Contact Lens$684
- INFUSE$611
- Clariti Contact Lens$510
- MIEBO$486
- XIIDRA$374
- TYRVAYA$289
- PANORAMIC OPHTHALMOSCOPE$259
- OCT OPHTHALMOSCOPE$259
- INFUSE MULTIFOCAL$150
- INVELTYS$142
- EYSUVIS$142
- NFC-700$129
- Acuvue$125
- Onefit Contact Lens$117
How this compares
$9,323 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,778 optometrist providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Timolol Maleate | 13 | $138 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in South San Francisco
- Steve YoelinNewport Beach$4.1M
- Matthew GellerSpring Valley$3.5M
- Melissa EricksonDavis$522K
- Omid KhodaiLake Forest$499K
- Jason TuSan Diego$351K
- Scott SchachterPismo Beach$312K
- Alicia LauSan Diego$300K
- Vin DangBakersfield$284K
- Steven FerrucciSepulveda$272K
- Katie ChuRosemead$271K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.