Julie Kasarjian
Emergency Medicine · Riverside, CANPI 1225236516
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Modernatx, Inc. accounts for 67.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,353 and has fallen 72.9% since, to $367 in 2025. Among emergency 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 22 payments — averaging $90.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$1K
- Gilead$363
- Braeburn Inc.$119
- Alkermes, Inc.$67
- Novo Nordisk$32
- AbbVie$32
- plus $32 from 2 others
Across 1,345 payments — averaging $3642.86 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$3.7M
- Pfizer$375K
- Vertex$338K
- Novavax Inc$217K
- Johnson & Johnson$205K
- Novo Nordisk AS$59K
- plus $38K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$83542%
- Food & beverage$1,13157%
- Education$322%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 5 | $1,353 |
| Gilead | 8 | $363 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $32 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| 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.
How this compares
$1,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,006 emergency medicine providers in California.
Other emergency medicine in Riverside
- Michael BlueLone Pine$915K
- Andrew AccardiEncinitas$383K
- Fredrick Melik-AbrahamianSylmar$354K
- Graham WalkerStanford$309K
- Douglas WhiteOakland$220K
- Paul PearigenSan Diego$208K
- Richard KozakMission Viejo$203K
- Oron FrenkelSan Francisco$201K
- Matthew KaplanMission Viejo$195K
- John LiboonPoway$188K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.