Joy Brotherton
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Torrance, CANPI 1194731604
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 58.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $63,874 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $885 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology 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 173 payments — averaging $619.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$63K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$23K
- Covidien LP$9K
- Pfizer$6K
- Baxter Healthcare$5K
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$853
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,99535%
- Speaking & faculty fees$58,38054%
- Travel & lodging$4,3444%
- Food & beverage$6,3866%
- Education$310%
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 | 93 | $62,839 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $22,500 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $8,576 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $5,553 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 9 | $4,687 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 14 | $853 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $253 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $202 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $164 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $159 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $146 |
| Meditrina | 2 | $144 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 1 | $117 |
| Organon | 8 | $117 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $100 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $90 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $73 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $66 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $65 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Merck | 3 | $42 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
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.
- Orilissa$55,803
- SURGICEL Family of Absorbable Hemostats$11,250
- HARMONIC Product Family$11,250
- ENSEAL Product Family$11,250
- GYNECARE INTERCEED$11,250
- MYFEMBREE$5,642
- FLOSEAL$4,360
- ORIAHNN$1,575
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$146
- TISSEEL$133
- ACESSA PROVU SYSTEM$129
- MYOSURE TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE$123
- Veozah$117
- SONATA SONOGRAPHY-GUIDED TRANSCERVICAL FIBROID ABLATION SYSTEM$116
- Da Vinci Surgical System$100
How this compares
$107,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,784 obstetrics & gynecology providers in California.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Torrance
- Anita NelsonTorrance$530K
- Danny YounesTorrance$97K
- Anna CelayaTorrance$66K
- Steve YuNorthridge$964K
- Samir HageRedlands$640K
- Malcolm MunroLos Angeles$609K
- Michael KrychmanCosta Mesa$547K
- Jan SegnitzSan Jose$511K
- Risa KaganBerkeley$497K
- Michael GreenOxnard$424K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.