Elaine Kamil
Pediatric Nephrology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1962439307
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,250 of the $18,176 with a category attached, or 61.9%. Travere Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 74.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatric nephrology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 53 payments — averaging $342.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$14K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$4K
- Vertex$174
- Amgen$104
- Novo Nordisk Health Care AG$45
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$25
- plus $36 from 2 others
Across 136 payments — averaging $3687.79 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.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$276K
- Vertex$164K
- Pfizer$32K
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$29K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,25062%
- Travel & lodging$4,52125%
- Food & beverage$2,40613%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 44 | $13,580 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $4,214 |
| Vertex | 2 | $174 |
| Amgen | 1 | $104 |
| Novo Nordisk Health Care AG | 1 | $45 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
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
$18,176 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 75 pediatric nephrology providers in California.
Other pediatric nephrology in Los Angeles
- Isidro SaluskyLos Angeles$47K
- Ora YadinLos Angeles$42K
- Patricia WengLos Angeles$8K
- Rachana SrivastavaLos Angeles$7K
- Robert EttengerLos Angeles$3K
- Mohammad MalekzadehLos Angeles$149
- Elaine KuLos Angeles$123
- Ganga ChandraLos Angeles$122
- Paul GrimmPalo Alto$99K
- Shina MenonPalo Alto$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.