James Newman
Plastic Surgery · Palo Alto, CANPI 1619012762
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 192 payments — averaging $82.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$11K
- Merz North America, Inc.$3K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$1K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$211
- Polarityte, Inc.$50
- Baxter Healthcare$34
- plus $28 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,51547%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9626%
- Food & beverage$7,42547%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 73 | $10,779 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 71 | $3,457 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 37 | $1,357 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $211 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $34 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 2 | $0 |
| Blackswan Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $0 |
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.
- BOTOX$3,346
- XEOMIN$163
- DAXXIFY$151
- BOTOX COSMETIC$110
How this compares
$15,916 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 780 plastic surgery providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 22 | $370 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 25 | $318 |
| Cephalexin | 38 | $234 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $192 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $169 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Palo Alto
- Rahm NazeraliPalo Alto$1.6M
- Arash MomeniPalo Alto$919K
- Stephen SchendelPalo Alto$289K
- Subhro SenPalo Alto$185K
- Michael VistnesPalo Alto$123K
- Anita MohanPalo Alto$63K
- Matthew MurphyPalo Alto$53K
- Gordon LeePalo Alto$49K
- Sarah SoricePalo Alto$40K
- Dennis AndersonSan Bernardino$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.