Jusleen Ahluwalia
Dermatology · San Diego, CANPI 1427443696
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 269 payments — averaging $22.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$913
- Sanofi$707
- Amgen$600
- AbbVie$513
- Pfizer$476
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$461
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,55593%
- Education$3997%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 35 | $913 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $707 |
| Amgen | 32 | $600 |
| AbbVie | 23 | $513 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $476 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $461 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 22 | $432 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 14 | $333 |
| Incyte Corporation | 14 | $223 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 18 | $218 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $164 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 8 | $161 |
| Almirall LLC | 7 | $118 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $90 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $71 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Novartis | 2 | $57 |
| GSK | 2 | $47 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $37 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $32 |
| Organon | 1 | $29 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Otezla$103
How this compares
$5,954 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 144 | $9,560 |
| Ketoconazole | 254 | $4,095 |
| Fluorouracil | 13 | $1,602 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 31 | $1,563 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 22 | $1,179 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $879 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 49 | $428 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $174 |
| Hydrocortisone | 22 | $102 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in San Diego
- Neal BhatiaSan Diego$5.1M
- Walter NahmSan Diego$4.7M
- Michelle PelleSan Diego$1.8M
- Tissa HataSan Diego$619K
- Arisa OrtizSan Diego$603K
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$10.3M
- Stacy SmithEncinitas$7.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.