Edward Becker
Dermatology · Walnut Creek, CANPI 1962515858
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.8% of the total across 86 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,173 and has fallen 69.5% since, to $358 in 2025.
Across 86 payments — averaging $25.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$564
- Merz North America, Inc.$461
- Novartis$209
- Johnson & Johnson$153
- Sanofi$152
- UCB, Inc.$115
- plus $565 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,15097%
- Education$703%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 35 | $564 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $461 |
| Novartis | 8 | $209 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $153 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $152 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $115 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $59 |
| Amgen | 2 | $49 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $24 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Organon | 1 | $22 |
| Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $19 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $16 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
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.
- DUPIXENT$112
How this compares
$2,220 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Other dermatology in Walnut Creek
- Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$2.9M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$2.8M
- Robert GreenbergLivermore$2.6M
- Neal BhatiaSan Diego$2.5M
- April ArmstrongLos Angeles$2.3M
- Jeffrey CrowleyBakersfield$2.1M
- Jashin WuCorona$2M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$1.9M
- Tien NguyenFountain Valley$1.2M
- Tina BhutaniSan Francisco$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.