Julie Vu
Internal Medicine · South El Monte, CANPI 1780901561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astrazeneca UK Limited at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,747 and has fallen 54.2% since, to $800 in 2024.
Across 67 payments — averaging $51.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$2K
- Merck$603
- AbbVie$269
- AstraZeneca$202
- Abbott$122
- Lilly USA, LLC$121
- plus $381 from 9 others
Across 231 payments — averaging $7028.58 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.
- Eli Lilly$508K
- Modernatx, Inc.$485K
- GSK$188K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$142K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$136K
- AstraZeneca$130K
- plus $36K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$120%
- Travel & lodging$1,71350%
- Food & beverage$1,71950%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 10 | $1,747 |
| Merck | 10 | $603 |
| AbbVie | 22 | $269 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $202 |
| Abbott | 1 | $122 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $121 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $120 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $54 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $46 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
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.
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$122
- OPDIVO$120
- TEZSPIRE$120
How this compares
$3,444 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in South El Monte
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Tung NgoNewport Beach$4.9M
- Christian EversullStanford$2.9M
- Christian SandrockSacramento$2.1M
- Hatim HusainSan Diego$2M
- Teck LingPalo Alto$1.1M
- Hyong Kimla Jolla$1M
- Rohit Loombala Jolla$965K
- Fred CohenSan Francisco$929K
- Steven EdelmanSan Diego$863K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.