Gholam Berenji
Nuclear Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1790809317
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,500 of the $14,542 with a category attached, or 92.8%. Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. accounts for 92.8% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,000 and has fallen 92.0% since, to $963 in 2025. Among nuclear 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 12 payments — averaging $1211.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$14K
- Telix Pharmaceuticals$858
- GE HealthCare$184
Across 114 payments — averaging $5655.33 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.
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$430K
- Eli Lilly$74K
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$57K
- GE HealthCare$44K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$40K
- Novartis$447
- plus $330 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,50093%
- Travel & lodging$3653%
- Food & beverage$6765%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 5 | $13,500 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $858 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $184 |
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.
- Canon PET/CT Scanner$12,000
- ILLUCCIX$779
How this compares
$14,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 110 nuclear medicine providers in California.
Other nuclear medicine in Los Angeles
- Hossein JadvarLos Angeles$294K
- Johannes CzerninLos Angeles$24K
- Shahram BonyadlouLos Angeles$12K
- Daniel SilvermanLos Angeles$8K
- Patrick CollettiLos Angeles$578
- Do KimLos Angeles$508
- David WinsorLos Angeles$136
- Shadfar BahriLos Angeles$80
- Louise ThomsonLos Angeles$31
- Michael DaeSan Francisco$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.