Dennis Brooks
Interventional Cardiology · Ventura, CANPI 1376547299
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 201 payments — averaging $17.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$579
- Amgen$436
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$417
- Johnson & Johnson$302
- Pfizer$240
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$167
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,508100%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 33 | $579 |
| Amgen | 23 | $436 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 22 | $417 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $302 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $240 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $167 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $148 |
| Gilead | 18 | $136 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $120 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $91 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $78 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $75 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $60 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 2 | $37 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cathworks, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$3,516 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.
Other interventional cardiology in Ventura
- Omid FatemiVentura$1.1M
- Rajendra MakkarWest Hollywood$16.6M
- Fahed BitarCovina$9.9M
- Rahul SharmaStanford$6.6M
- Matthew Pricela Jolla$5.8M
- David LeeStanford$5.7M
- Saibal KarThousand Oaks$5.4M
- Mehrdad ArianiNorthridge$5M
- Frederick St GoarMountain View$4.2M
- Sammy ElmariahSan Francisco$4.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.