Lisa Cook, MD
Neurology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1508983222
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $169,844 of the $254,088 with a category attached, or 66.8%. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 59.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $63,248, more than ten times the $2,035 reported in 2019. Among neurology 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 1,536 payments — averaging $165.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$151K
- Pfizer$35K
- Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.$20K
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$15K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$12K
- Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC$4K
- plus $16K from 54 others
Across 40 payments — averaging $1645.63 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.
- Ipsen Innovation$48K
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$17K
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$490
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,54616%
- Speaking & faculty fees$169,84467%
- Travel & lodging$9,9684%
- Food & beverage$34,56914%
- Education$1610%
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.
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
$254,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,996 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 12 | $154,849 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 36 | $62,322 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 38 | $56,936 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 46 | $53,375 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 16 | $24,420 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 27 | $19,374 |
| Memantine Hcl | 87 | $3,737 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 43 | $2,425 |
| Olanzapine OdtOlanzapine | 13 | $1,438 |
| Pregabalin | 32 | $1,092 |
| Primidone | 31 | $1,046 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 78 | $868 |
| Levetiracetam | 15 | $797 |
| Gabapentin | 67 | $724 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 19 | $564 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerOctagam, Nurtec Odt | $35,253 | $217,17148 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta, Ubrelvy | $151,362 | $110,31184 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $108 | $24,42016 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $3,837 | $12812 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Los Angeles
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$2.4M
- David LiebeskindLos Angeles$1.9M
- John SternLos Angeles$999K
- Jeffrey CummingsLos Angeles$918K
- Alan RapoportLos Angeles$808K
- Alon AvidanLos Angeles$505K
- Mark LewLos Angeles$450K
- Dawn EliashivLos Angeles$364K
- Richard LewisLos Angeles$309K
- Margaret BurnettLos Angeles$293K
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.