David Kudrow, MD
Neurology · Santa Monica, CANPI 1952407488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $401,120 of the $531,621 with a category attached, or 75.5%. 45 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lilly USA, LLC at 24.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $167,805 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $36,590 in 2025. Among neurology 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 882 payments — averaging $602.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$129K
- Amgen$114K
- AbbVie$88K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$44K
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$36K
- Eli Lilly$32K
- plus $89K from 39 others
Across 2,959 payments — averaging $4237.00 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.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$7.4M
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1.6M
- Amgen$1.2M
- Biogen$494K
- Eli Lilly$462K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$362K
- plus $972K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70,42813%
- Speaking & faculty fees$401,12075%
- Grants$440%
- Travel & lodging$39,3027%
- Food & beverage$20,5264%
- Education$2030%
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.
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
$531,621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 87 | $94,778 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 33 | $61,301 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 65 | $44,107 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 27 | $28,840 |
| Emgality SyringeGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 18 | $16,635 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 85 | $15,568 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 16 | $15,438 |
| Zolmitriptan | 22 | $1,733 |
| Naratriptan Hcl | 37 | $1,492 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 14 | $759 |
| RizatriptanRizatriptan Benzoate | 44 | $712 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 42 | $700 |
| Eletriptan HbrEletriptan Hydrobromide | 13 | $521 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $391 |
| Topiramate | 32 | $312 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $340 | $61,30133 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta, Ubrelvy, Synthroid | $88,070 | $45,03657 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $93 | $31232 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Santa Monica
- Santosh KesariSanta Monica$397K
- Andrew WooSanta Monica$273K
- Danny BenmosheSanta Monica$268K
- Andrew BlumenfeldCarlsbad$4.9M
- Khashayar DashtipourLoma Linda$3.3M
- Regina BerkovichWest Hollywood$3M
- Daniel BandariNewport Beach$2.6M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$2.4M
- Sandeep ThakkarIrvine$2M
- David LiebeskindLos Angeles$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.