Gelareh Vahdati
Nuclear Medicine · Irvine, CANPI 1871005876
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 4 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 73.5% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest.
Across 4 payments — averaging $24.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$73
- Lilly USA, LLC$26
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$100100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $26 |
How this compares
$100 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 110 nuclear medicine 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.
Other nuclear medicine in Irvine
- Hossein JadvarLos Angeles$294K
- Michael DaeSan Francisco$45K
- Ernest BelezzuoliSan Diego$39K
- Johannes CzerninLos Angeles$24K
- Gholam BerenjiLos Angeles$15K
- Frankis AlmaguelSan Bernardino$13K
- Shahram BonyadlouLos Angeles$12K
- Leonard ValentinoRedwood City$8K
- Randy YehSylmar$8K
- Daniel SilvermanLos Angeles$8K
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.