Eson Ekpo
Geriatric Medicine · la Jolla, CANPI 1548729833
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cvrx, Inc. at 48.8% of the total. Among geriatric medicine 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 94 payments — averaging $69.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cvrx, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$732
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$520
- Bayer$400
- Boston Scientific$322
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$246
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4006%
- Grants$2003%
- Travel & lodging$1,70926%
- Food & beverage$3,70057%
- Education$5248%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cvrx, Inc. | 24 | $3,188 |
| Abbott | 5 | $732 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 19 | $520 |
| Bayer | 2 | $400 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $322 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $246 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $224 |
| Novartis | 8 | $187 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 4 | $145 |
| Merck | 1 | $120 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 5 | $104 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $49 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $41 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $24 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Barostim Neo System$2,456
- ENSITE$417
- Adempas$400
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$269
- LINQ II$154
- WINREVAIR$120
How this compares
$6,533 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 494 geriatric medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 71 | $58,755 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 12 | $6,307 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 40 | $776 |
| Ezetimibe | 21 | $685 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 25 | $506 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 34 | $494 |
| Losartan Potassium | 22 | $231 |
| Spironolactone | 28 | $176 |
| Furosemide | 14 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other geriatric medicine in la Jolla
- Robert FeldmanLaguna Hills$1.2M
- Oscar ChienSan Gabriel$208K
- Anders NybergSan Diego$160K
- Paul AisenSan Diego$70K
- Wayne ChenLos Angeles$40K
- Vincent HoLancaster$32K
- Kathryn SewellSan Francisco$26K
- Stephen HenryPasadena$25K
- Chaewon SongGarden Grove$21K
- Douglas ZhangSan Leandro$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.