David Chu
Dermatology · San Diego, CANPI 1982765525
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 104 payments — averaging $620.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$45K
- Regeneron$10K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$7K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Promius Pharma LLC$500
- Lilly USA, LLC$469
- plus $894 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,17014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,42075%
- Travel & lodging$4,5727%
- Food & beverage$2,3504%
- Education$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 34 | $44,534 |
| Regeneron | 15 | $9,562 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 18 | $7,260 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $1,323 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $469 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $358 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $120 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $108 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Novartis | 2 | $25 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $23 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- DUPIXENT$60,353
- Cimzia$1,254
- Promiseb Complete$500
- TRIANEX 0.05%$500
- Sernivo$500
- DURYSTA$120
How this compares
$64,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Other dermatology in San Diego
- Neal BhatiaSan Diego$5.1M
- Walter NahmSan Diego$4.7M
- Michelle PelleSan Diego$1.8M
- Tissa HataSan Diego$619K
- Arisa OrtizSan Diego$603K
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$10.3M
- Stacy SmithEncinitas$7.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.