Kathleen Schwarz
Pediatric Gastroenterology · San Diego, CANPI 1265465918
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.6%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Gilead accounts for 65.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $15,837 and has fallen 50.2% since, to $7,885 in 2025. Among pediatric gastroenterology 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 81 payments — averaging $721.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$38K
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$12K
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$6K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$3K
- AbbVie$181
- Albireo Pharma, Inc.$98
- plus $242 from 4 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $5082.45 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.
- Gilead$123K
- Albireo Pharma, Inc.$118K
- Genentech, Inc.$9K
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,40049%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,50318%
- Travel & lodging$15,10626%
- Food & beverage$1,7793%
- Education$2,6355%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 24 | $38,113 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 23 | $11,517 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $5,600 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $2,673 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $181 |
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 20 | $67 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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
$58,423 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 220 pediatric gastroenterology providers in California.
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Other pediatric gastroenterology in San Diego
- Amber HildrethSan Diego$67K
- Ariel FeldsteinSan Diego$60K
- Andrew DickersonSan Diego$58K
- Mary Abigail GarciaSan Diego$51K
- Joel LavineSan Diego$19K
- Tom LinSan Diego$10K
- Christopher ChuSan Diego$8K
- Laura BaumanSan Diego$8K
- Maria Ordonez NaranjoSan Diego$5K
- Jeffrey SchwimmerSan Diego$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.