Felicia Sterman
Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CANPI 1124103353
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Gilead accounts for 76.8% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $225,626 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $557 in 2023. Among internal medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 741 payments — averaging $402.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$229K
- Janssen Products, LP$44K
- Merck$22K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$597
- Bausch Health US, LLC$299
- plus $819 from 8 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $119,018 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.
- Gilead$476K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$76,82226%
- Speaking & faculty fees$138,29646%
- Travel & lodging$72,07424%
- Food & beverage$11,2174%
- Education$670%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 416 | $229,219 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 48 | $44,174 |
| Merck | 76 | $22,344 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 63 | $1,023 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 49 | $597 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 22 | $299 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $167 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $155 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $154 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 21 | $113 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Pfizer | 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
$298,476 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in San Francisco
- Fred CohenSan Francisco$929K
- John TeerlinkSan Francisco$819K
- Mark SmithSan Francisco$535K
- Lisa CapaldiniSan Francisco$434K
- Maria Dall'eraSan Francisco$417K
- Kenneth ColleySan Francisco$397K
- Louis CubbaSan Francisco$351K
- Daniel ButlerSan Francisco$347K
- Laurence CorashSan Francisco$336K
- Riley BoveSan Francisco$283K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.