Kara Smolinski
Dermatology · San Diego, CANPI 1710007026
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 82 payments — averaging $60.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$4K
- AbbVie$200
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$180
- Lilly USA, LLC$113
- Sanofi$96
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$71
- plus $537 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,75075%
- Food & beverage$1,16823%
- Education$802%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 4 | $3,801 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $200 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $180 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $113 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $96 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Incyte Corporation | 4 | $61 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $48 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $48 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $48 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- COSENTYX$3,750
How this compares
$4,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
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.