Lauren Amico
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $848,881 of the $988,722 with a category attached, or 85.9%. AbbVie accounts for 96.4% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among surgical 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 1,233 payments — averaging $801.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$953K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$36K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$58,1236%
- Speaking & faculty fees$848,88186%
- Travel & lodging$60,3846%
- Food & beverage$21,2712%
- Education$630%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 1,177 | $952,768 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 56 | $35,954 |
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.
- BOTOX$492,845
- KYBELLA$500
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$481
How this compares
$988,722 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 729 surgical providers in California.
Other surgical in Vista
- Cheyanne MallasWest Hollywood$199K
- Laura PietrzakMarina del Rey$63K
- Jane HartiganSanta Rosa$27K
- Kenny NgoPalo Alto$25K
- Crispin MarRancho Santa Margarita$23K
- Robert FrostRancho Santa Margarita$22K
- Audie LeeSan Francisco$21K
- Gregory BrunetSanta Barbara$20K
- Eric LovatoBanning$16K
- Jeffrey BulgerRancho Santa Margarita$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.