David Sultzer
Geriatric Psychiatry · Los Angeles, CANPI 1194812461
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $198,276 of the $203,326 with a category attached, or 97.5%. Janssen Research & Development, LLC accounts for 62.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among geriatric psychiatry 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 51 payments — averaging $3986.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$127K
- Novo Nordisk$32K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$22K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$12K
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$8K
- AbbVie$2K
- plus $140 from 2 others
Across 46 payments — averaging $15,603 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.
- Eisai Inc.$713K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$4K
- Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG$696
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$198,27698%
- Travel & lodging$4,2462%
- Food & beverage$8040%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 11 | $127,176 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $32,349 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 6 | $22,000 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 10 | $11,952 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $7,685 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $2,025 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
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
$203,326 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 geriatric psychiatry providers in California.
Other geriatric psychiatry in Los Angeles
- Barbara HuynhLos Angeles$4K
- Kyle BechazLos Angeles$1K
- Kotra AjirLos Angeles$661
- David TraderLos Angeles$573
- Sarah KimLos Angeles$91
- Miriam WinthropLos Angeles$27
- Robert NeshkesLos Angeles$22
- Christina HuiLos Angeles$0
- Kristine YaffeSan Francisco$40K
- James NelsonSan Francisco$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.