John Carlson
Gastroenterology · Salinas, CANPI 1164429965
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 138 payments — averaging $14.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$569
- Gilead$321
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$299
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$197
- Shionogi Inc$119
- Johnson & Johnson$100
- plus $419 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$131%
- Food & beverage$2,01299%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 38 | $569 |
| Gilead | 33 | $321 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 18 | $299 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $197 |
| Shionogi Inc | 7 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $100 |
| Merck | 6 | $97 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $83 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $46 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,026 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
Other gastroenterology in Salinas
- Peter WinkleCypress$116.7M
- Manuchehr DaraniSanta Ana$17.7M
- Jatinder PruthiLancaster$4.4M
- Long DangWestminster$4.3M
- Muhammad SheikhFresno$4.3M
- Gregory WienerChula Vista$3.5M
- Gil MelmedLos Angeles$3M
- Christopher BowlusSacramento$3M
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Brigid BolandSan Diego$2.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.