Jerome Liu
Plastic Surgery · Los Gatos, CANPI 1215194808
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (35.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 47.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $40,989 and has fallen 88.7% since, to $4,627 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 225 payments — averaging $248.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$26K
- AbbVie$23K
- Motiva USA, LLC$4K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$1K
- Sientra, Inc.$719
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$571
- plus $325 from 3 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $584.17 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.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,78717%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,90036%
- Travel & lodging$9,75017%
- Food & beverage$8,26515%
- Education$650%
- Gifts$8,18715%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 65 | $26,442 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 105 | $22,850 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 12 | $3,755 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 19 | $1,294 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 8 | $719 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 11 | $571 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $266 |
| Vertex | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
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.
- XEOMIN$9,466
- NATRELLE$8,100
- BOTOX COSMETIC$5,854
- Motiva Implant Matrix$3,416
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$594
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$503
- BOTOX$425
- DAXXIFY$295
- ASCLERA$149
- MemoryGel Breast Implants$118
- MENTOR MemoryShape Breast Implant$107
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$107
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$103
How this compares
$55,955 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 780 plastic surgery providers in California.
Other plastic surgery in Los Gatos
- Rahm NazeraliPalo Alto$1.5M
- Vipul DevBakersfield$1.1M
- Arash MomeniPalo Alto$836K
- Anne PeledSan Francisco$570K
- Salvatore PacellaSan Diego$517K
- Hani SbitanySan Francisco$510K
- John ApostolidesSan Diego$460K
- Garrett WirthNewport Beach$362K
- Michael BainNewport Beach$341K
- Joshua KormanMountain View$335K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.