Javid Ghandehari
Pain Medicine · Santa Monica, CANPI 1306002761
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $187,266 of the $188,273 with a category attached, or 99.5%. Pfizer accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $143,234 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $44,032 in 2025. Among pain 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 8 payments — averaging $23,534 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$187K
- Vertex$1K
Across 8 payments — averaging $314,337 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.
- Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1.3M
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1.1M
- Beigene Switzerland GmbH$72K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$187,26699%
- Travel & lodging$9821%
- Food & beverage$250%
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.
How this compares
$188,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Other pain medicine in Santa Monica
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
- Timothy DavisSanta Monica$166K
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
- Samir ShethRoseville$356K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.