Laura Shin, DPM
Podiatrist · Los Angeles, CANPI 1356756340
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $15,220 of the $19,856 with a category attached, or 76.7%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 38.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,875, more than ten times the $349 reported in 2019. Among podiatrist 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 54 payments — averaging $367.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$8K
- Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc.$5K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$780
- Koya Medical, Inc.$594
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$391
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,22077%
- Travel & lodging$1,6848%
- Food & beverage$2,95215%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 8 | $7,643 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $4,725 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $4,374 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $780 |
| Koya Medical, Inc. | 1 | $594 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 10 | $391 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $302 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $270 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $167 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $153 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $136 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $90 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $48 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $28 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$7,517
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$7,517
- Topical oxygen chamber for extremities$4,725
- Dayspring$1,782
- XARELTO$780
- Koya Medical$594
- INTEGRA$510
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$170
- PRIMATRIX$170
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$167
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$157
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$145
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$136
- VLP-Foot$113
- Santyl$108
- REGRANEX$108
- Oasis$108
How this compares
$19,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 721 podiatrist providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole | 40 | $1,537 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 20 | $1,159 |
| Gabapentin | 51 | $623 |
| Lidocaine | 13 | $528 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 29 | $297 |
| Pregabalin | 21 | $252 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $44 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Los Angeles
- David ArmstrongLos Angeles$695K
- Charles AnanianLos Angeles$69K
- Edward KimLos Angeles$48K
- Benjamin McGrathLos Angeles$25K
- Renato SousaLos Angeles$14K
- Megan IshibashiLos Angeles$10K
- Shannon RushPleasanton$1.9M
- Babak BaravarianSanta Monica$1.1M
- Robert KleimanCalexico$913K
- Bruce LawrenceOceanside$810K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.