Felice Gersh
Gynecology · Irvine, CANPI 1598850919
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,208 of the $19,272 with a category attached, or 68.5%. IBSA Pharma Inc. accounts for 64.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $9,370 and has fallen 77.3% since, to $2,126 in 2025. Among gynecology 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 152 payments — averaging $126.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$12K
- Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC$4K
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- Exact Sciences$223
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$127
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$106
- plus $208 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,20869%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,15022%
- Travel & lodging$1821%
- Food & beverage$1,6739%
- Gifts$590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 40 | $12,483 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 87 | $4,218 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $1,908 |
| Exact Sciences | 10 | $223 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $127 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 5 | $88 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Tirosint$12,065
- ESTROGEL$4,000
- BIJUVA$122
- Endometrial Ablation System (Device)$106
How this compares
$19,272 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 247 gynecology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 69 | $7,146 |
| Estradiol | 54 | $5,147 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 120 | $3,510 |
| DottiEstradiol | 18 | $1,433 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 74 | $1,426 |
| Liothyronine Sodium | 12 | $722 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gynecology in Irvine
- Bruce LeeMonterey$2.8M
- Barbara Levyla Jolla$719K
- Samar NahasRiverside$132K
- Aarathi CholkeriEl Segundo$128K
- Kelly WrightLos Angeles$119K
- Naphthali AlinsodLaguna Beach$108K
- Albertine OmaniOakland$70K
- Matthew SiedhoffBeverly Hills$67K
- Justin DiedrichAgoura Hills$46K
- Thomas CunninghamMonterey$36K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.