Daniel Chao
Retina Specialist · la Jolla, CANPI 1891011953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Genentech, Inc. at 59.5% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for retina specialist clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $3,667.
Across 17 payments — averaging $215.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$2K
- Novartis$1K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$148
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$122
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$70
- Thrombogenics, Inc.$58
Across 50 payments — averaging $11,725 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.
- Novartis$277K
- Bayer$267K
- Genentech, Inc.$43K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,98054%
- Travel & lodging$94726%
- Food & beverage$74420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 6 | $2,185 |
| Novartis | 7 | $1,088 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Thrombogenics, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
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
$3,671 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 187 retina specialist providers in California.
Other retina specialist in la Jolla
- Dilsher DhootSanta Barbara$1.9M
- Ehsan RahimyStanford$1.5M
- Darius MoshfeghiPalo Alto$1.4M
- Nathan SteinleSanta Barbara$1.1M
- Roger GoldbergWalnut Creek$1.1M
- Baruch KuppermannIrvine$1M
- Carlos Medina MendezSacramento$548K
- Michael JavaheriBeverly Hills$540K
- Esther KimSanta Ana$367K
- Diana DoStanford$318K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.