Darren Berman
Cardiovascular Disease · Los Angeles, CANPI 1588958748
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $254,163 of the $391,501 with a category attached, or 64.9%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 53.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $131,475, 3.1 times the $41,777 reported in 2019. Among cardiovascular disease 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 517 payments — averaging $757.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$210K
- Renata Medical, Inc.$62K
- Abbott$44K
- Medtronic$26K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$20K
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$16K
- plus $13K from 8 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $1753.04 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$31K
- Abbott$27K
- Medtronic$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$254,16365%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,85010%
- Travel & lodging$80,48221%
- Food & beverage$16,0074%
- Other$1,0000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 231 | $210,179 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 62 | $62,060 |
| Abbott | 57 | $43,988 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 94 | $26,172 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 21 | $19,791 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 15 | $15,903 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 12 | $5,138 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 14 | $4,950 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $1,250 |
| Onocor, LLC | 1 | $1,000 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 5 | $532 |
| Galt Medical | 2 | $488 |
| Baylis Medical Technologies Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$192,029
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 6MM$61,589
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 8MM$61,589
- AMPLATZER Occluders$37,644
- Melody$17,942
- NIT-OCCLUD PDA$15,830
- HARMONY$4,433
- CP STENT$3,128
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$2,495
- AMPLATZER$2,405
- Indigo System$2,400
- RUBY Coil$2,400
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$1,566
- (7882) Image Guided Therapy Und$1,250
- Mitra Clip system$1,103
- ONO$1,000
- Rotating Anode X-ray Tube Assembly$1,000
- Artis pheno$703
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$483
- Prestige Coil System$408
How this compares
$391,501 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Los Angeles
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Karol WatsonLos Angeles$553K
- Jamil AboulhosnLos Angeles$423K
- Arash NayeriLos Angeles$281K
- Gregg FonarowLos Angeles$260K
- Martha GulatiLos Angeles$141K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.