Kristin Symon
Optometrist · San Francisco, CANPI 1811243090
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 140 payments — averaging $26.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$427
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$408
- AbbVie$382
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$322
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$287
- Alcon$225
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,731100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 17 | $427 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 13 | $408 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $382 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 10 | $322 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 9 | $287 |
| Alcon | 10 | $225 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $201 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 6 | $200 |
| Novartis | 8 | $175 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $162 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $118 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 4 | $114 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $20 |
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.
- AMO PHACO NEEDLE$145
- RESTASIS$124
- VUITY$115
How this compares
$3,731 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,778 optometrist providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 35 | $1,937 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 24 | $729 |
| Acetazolamide | 101 | $300 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-TrimethoprimPolymyxin B Sulf/Trimethoprim | 29 | $213 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 14 | $171 |
| Latanoprost | 14 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in San Francisco
- Selena ChanSan Francisco$677K
- Kim LeeSan Francisco$162K
- Randall GoSan Francisco$146K
- Meng LinBerkeley$6.9M
- Steve YoelinNewport Beach$6.1M
- Matthew GellerSpring Valley$3.5M
- David Kasanoffla Mesa$1M
- Colton HeinrichFullerton$987K
- Elsa PaoOakland$910K
- Keith WanSan Diego$887K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.