David Scherr
Pediatrics · Westlake Village, CANPI 1053404764
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 77 payments — averaging $20.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$382
- Merck$351
- Kaleo, Inc.$244
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$130
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$89
- GSK$71
- plus $320 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,586100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 18 | $382 |
| Merck | 17 | $351 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 11 | $244 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 7 | $130 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| GSK | 4 | $71 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $26 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Westlake Village
- Nicola KleinOakland$81.9M
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$38.4M
- Carey ChronisVentura$6.3M
- Jose DiazDowney$5.4M
- Bruce BuckinghamSan Jose$3.1M
- Patrick WalshAnaheim$3M
- Teresita Salazar-GuadizBellflower$2.7M
- Liberation de LeonParamount$2.7M
- Melvin HeymanSan Francisco$2.5M
- Aftab NazMadera$2.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.