Joel Piser
Pediatric Urology · Berkeley, CANPI 1275600850
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 67 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $853 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $14 in 2025.
Across 67 payments — averaging $21.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$260
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$171
- Johnson & Johnson$160
- AbbVie$99
- Pfizer$94
- Bard Access Systems, Inc.$90
- plus $600 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,473100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 11 | $260 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $171 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $160 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $99 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $94 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Bayer | 4 | $83 |
| Amgen | 3 | $82 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Neotract Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $36 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $14 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,473 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 39 pediatric urology providers in California.
Other pediatric urology in Berkeley
- Chi LeeBerkeley$7K
- Jeffrey WiederBerkeley$163
- Jon FloydBerkeley$34
- David NudellSan Jose$10K
- Robert PanviniSan Jose$9K
- Antoine KhouryOrange$9K
- Sung ChoeWest Covina$6K
- Michael BishaiPasadena$5K
- Alireza AlamLong Beach$5K
- Babak BamshadLos Angeles$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.