Marilou Cruz
Adolescent Medicine · Downey, CANPI 1629160155
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,225 of the $5,190 with a category attached, or 62.2%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 32.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,574 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $137 in 2025. Among adolescent medicine 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 61 payments — averaging $85.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Seqirus USA Inc$1K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$1K
- GSK$664
- Merck$130
- Abbott$104
- plus $112 from 4 others
Across 133 payments — averaging $2468.08 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.
- Merck$105K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$67K
- AstraZeneca$60K
- Seqirus USA Inc$32K
- Pfizer$23K
- GSK$17K
- plus $24K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,22562%
- Food & beverage$1,96438%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $1,660 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 4 | $1,341 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 11 | $1,177 |
| GSK | 18 | $664 |
| Merck | 8 | $130 |
| Abbott | 2 | $104 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 4 | $62 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $13 |
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
$5,190 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 202 adolescent medicine providers in California.
Other adolescent medicine in Downey
- Leman YelOrange$89K
- Michelle RolandLos Angeles$22K
- Venu Prabakerla Mesa$15K
- Kanani TitchenSan Diego$8K
- David NguyenFountain Valley$6K
- Anahit BlikianGlendale$5K
- Lisa LawSan Francisco$5K
- Albina BenabayeStockton$5K
- Mohamad KadriLos Angeles$5K
- Andrew KrasnoffEncino$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.