Farhad Sigari
Otolaryngology · Marina del Rey, CANPI 1841224177
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.6% of the total across 116 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Stryker accounts for 66.2% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,716 and has fallen 90.4% since, to $165 in 2025.
Across 116 payments — averaging $45.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$613
- Medtronic$381
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$141
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$133
- Covidien LP$116
- plus $402 from 9 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $1688.22 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.
- Stryker$9K
- Arrinex, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5009%
- Food & beverage$4,79491%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 84 | $3,507 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 8 | $613 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $381 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $141 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $116 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $100 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $28 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Carestream Dental, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 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
$5,294 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology providers in California.
Other otolaryngology in Marina del Rey
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$924K
- Randall OwRoseville$613K
- Amir MoradiVista$389K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Kalpna DurairajSun Valley$348K
- Todd MillerNewport Beach$259K
- Jeffrey SuhLos Angeles$223K
- Dennis TangLos Angeles$209K
- Jeffrey FeinfieldThousand Oaks$160K
- Jonathan SykesGranite Bay$148K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.