Dwight Bissell
Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CANPI 1831141241
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $14,590 of the $22,757 with a category attached, or 64.1%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.. 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 $875.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$23K
Across 28 payments — averaging $33,396 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.
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc.$592K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$343K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,86135%
- Travel & lodging$14,59064%
- Food & beverage$3051%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 26 | $22,757 |
How this compares
$22,757 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.