Matthew Geller
Optometrist · Spring Valley, CANPI 1033558069
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.0%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. accounts for 98.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,091,200 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $125 in 2025. Among optometrist 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 63 payments — averaging $54,787 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$3.4M
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$33K
- AbbVie$4K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$3K
- Novartis$125
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$28
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,759,16351%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,690,82349%
- Travel & lodging$5110%
- Food & beverage$1,0570%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 44 | $3,412,002 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $32,514 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $3,537 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 7 | $3,347 |
| Novartis | 1 | $125 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
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.
- Acuvue$3,251,828
- Tecnis IOL$20,000
- MEIBOMIAN GLAND EVALUATOR$12,500
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$3,063
- CLARUS 500 Fundus Camera$3,063
- FORUM$2,761
- Humphrey HFA$2,761
- XIIDRA$125
- RESTASIS$111
- LUMIGAN$111
- COMBIGAN$111
How this compares
$3,451,554 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,778 optometrist providers in California.
Other optometrist in Spring Valley
- Steve YoelinNewport Beach$4.1M
- Melissa EricksonDavis$522K
- Omid KhodaiLake Forest$499K
- Jason TuSan Diego$351K
- Scott SchachterPismo Beach$312K
- Alicia LauSan Diego$300K
- Vin DangBakersfield$284K
- Steven FerrucciSepulveda$272K
- Katie ChuRosemead$271K
- Heidi PhamSacramento$271K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.