Jacob Lalezari
Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CANPI 1124173554
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $33,900 of the $37,839 with a category attached, or 89.6%. Viiv Healthcare Company accounts for 90.3% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,206 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $89 in 2025. Among internal 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 51 payments — averaging $741.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$34K
- AbbVie$3K
- Gilead$130
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$125
- Merck$58
- Johnson & Johnson$43
Across 233 payments — averaging $13,866 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.
- AbbVie$2.1M
- Merck$453K
- Gilead$229K
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$212K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$119K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$82K
- plus $83K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,90090%
- Travel & lodging$2,2906%
- Food & beverage$1,6494%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 36 | $34,181 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $3,302 |
| Gilead | 2 | $130 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Merck | 3 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $43 |
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.
How this compares
$37,839 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in San Francisco
- Fred CohenSan Francisco$929K
- John TeerlinkSan Francisco$819K
- Mark SmithSan Francisco$535K
- Lisa CapaldiniSan Francisco$434K
- Maria Dall'eraSan Francisco$417K
- Kenneth ColleySan Francisco$397K
- Louis CubbaSan Francisco$351K
- Daniel ButlerSan Francisco$347K
- Laurence CorashSan Francisco$336K
- Felicia StermanSan Francisco$298K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.