Gary Carlson, MD
Dermatology · Westlake Village, CANPI 1144280181
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 146 payments — averaging $21.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$824
- AbbVie$550
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$261
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$209
- LEO Pharma Inc.$157
- Pfizer$132
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,141100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 29 | $824 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 27 | $550 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 13 | $261 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 13 | $209 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 8 | $157 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $132 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $115 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Novartis | 4 | $80 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $79 |
| Amgen | 3 | $72 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Bayer | 2 | $43 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $34 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $29 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $23 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$3,141 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fluorouracil | 19 | $1,452 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $1,048 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $615 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 26 | $591 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 19 | $406 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 32 | $370 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 34 | $242 |
| Mupirocin | 21 | $152 |
| Ketoconazole | 11 | $105 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Westlake Village
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$10.3M
- Stacy SmithEncinitas$7.9M
- Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$7.8M
- Navid EzraThousand Oaks$7.8M
- Paul WallaceBeverly Hills$7.1M
- April ArmstrongLos Angeles$6.2M
- David RayhanHuntington Beach$5.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.