Gilbert Lee
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1417037680
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 100 payments — averaging $50.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sientra, Inc.$1K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$1K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$713
- AbbVie$645
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$377
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$167
- plus $869 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,68693%
- Other$3267%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sientra, Inc. | 7 | $1,240 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 12 | $1,000 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 32 | $713 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $645 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $377 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $165 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $153 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 5 | $113 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Stryker | 1 | $32 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$1,240
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$494
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$395
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$326
- OviTex 2S$172
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$165
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$165
- DSUVIA$141
- GORE ENFORM Biomaterial$125
- Irrisept$116
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$107
How this compares
$5,012 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 349 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in California.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 11 | $159 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $84 |
| Losartan Potassium | 11 | $51 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in San Diego
- Anne WallaceSan Diego$896K
- Manish ChampaneriaSan Diego$16K
- Charleston ChuaSan Diego$15K
- Jourdain ArtzSan Diego$11K
- Shankar LakshmanPasadena$3.5M
- Corey MaasSan Francisco$1.5M
- David KulberLos Angeles$340K
- Mark SuskiThousand Oaks$294K
- Arian MowlaviLaguna Beach$250K
- Hisham SeifyNewport Beach$215K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.