Howaida El Said
Pediatric Cardiology · San Diego, CANPI 1619030194
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $59,940 of the $70,767 with a category attached, or 84.7%. Merit Medical Systems Inc accounts for 87.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $54,007 and has fallen 83.8% since, to $8,771 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology 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 106 payments — averaging $667.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$62K
- Medtronic$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Cordis US CORP.$148
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$126
- plus $262 from 8 others
Across 38 payments — averaging $5640.97 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.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$125K
- Edwards Lifesciences$89K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$59,94085%
- Travel & lodging$7,30210%
- Food & beverage$3,5255%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 21 | $61,982 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 39 | $3,653 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 17 | $3,048 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,547 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $148 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $126 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $100 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
| Baylis Medical Technologies Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- HARMONY$2,391
- Siege Vascular Plug$1,951
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,745
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$1,238
- Foundation, Kits & Packs$650
- Prelude Introducers$650
- CoreValve Evolut$149
- AMPLATZER Occluders$125
- Melody$118
- LifeVest$100
How this compares
$70,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 239 pediatric cardiology providers in California.
Other pediatric cardiology in San Diego
- Brent GordonSan Diego$158K
- Henri JustinoSan Diego$92K
- Alejandro BorquezSan Diego$71K
- Bayan IssaSan Diego$4K
- Doff McElhinneyPalo Alto$1M
- Daniel LeviLos Angeles$914K
- John WoodLos Angeles$122K
- Frank IngSacramento$113K
- Leigh ReardonLos Angeles$87K
- Daniel CortezSacramento$63K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.