Dean Sheppard
Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CANPI 1649286899
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $155,710 of the $157,221 with a category attached, or 99.0%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Genentech, Inc. at 47.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $38,715 and has fallen 60.7% since, to $15,200 in 2025. Among internal medicine 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 26 payments — averaging $6046.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$75K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$44K
- Amgen$29K
- AbbVie$6K
- Gilead$4K
Across 6 payments — averaging $96,736 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.
- Pfizer$322K
- AbbVie$258K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$155,71099%
- Travel & lodging$1,0991%
- Food & beverage$4110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 8 | $74,500 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $44,000 |
| Amgen | 11 | $29,049 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $5,776 |
| Gilead | 2 | $3,895 |
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.
- Non-Covered Product$22,500
How this compares
$157,221 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in San Francisco
- Fred CohenSan Francisco$929K
- John TeerlinkSan Francisco$819K
- Mark SmithSan Francisco$535K
- Lisa CapaldiniSan Francisco$434K
- Maria Dall'eraSan Francisco$417K
- Kenneth ColleySan Francisco$397K
- Louis CubbaSan Francisco$351K
- Daniel ButlerSan Francisco$347K
- Laurence CorashSan Francisco$336K
- Felicia StermanSan Francisco$298K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.