Eric Chavez
Psychiatry · San Diego, CANPI 1902813157
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 3 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eli Lilly at 53.0% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for psychiatry clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $186.
Across 3 payments — averaging $72.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$115
- Boehringer Ingelheim$55
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$47
Across 1,564 payments — averaging $9930.61 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.
- Indivior Inc.$3.3M
- Eli Lilly$3.2M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$2.1M
- AbbVie$1.3M
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$1.2M
- Imbrium Therapeutics L.p.$823K
- plus $3.7M from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$217100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $115 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $55 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
How this compares
$217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Other psychiatry in San Diego
- Jonathan MeyerSan Diego$2.3M
- Sanjai RaoSan Diego$445K
- Murray SteinSan Diego$121K
- Gustavo AlvaOrange$5.8M
- John KooSan Francisco$3M
- Jason KelloggIrvine$2.7M
- Charles Tuan-Tu NguyenIrvine$2.1M
- Manoj WaikarLos Gatos$1.9M
- Gerald MaguireSan Juan Capistraco$1.8M
- Salima BrillmanSunnyvale$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.