Melvin Belafsky
Neurology · Burbank, CANPI 1831114271
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 86 payments — averaging $30.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$372
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$338
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$252
- MDD US Operations, LLC$244
- SK Life Science, Inc.$209
- Amgen$194
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,624100%
- Education$10%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 8 | $372 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $338 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $252 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 13 | $244 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 5 | $209 |
| Amgen | 4 | $194 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $180 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $137 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $117 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $49 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $12 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Burbank
- Timothy CloughesyLos Angeles$33.1M
- Jack FlorinFullerton$13M
- David KudrowSanta Monica$12.8M
- John Ravitsla Jolla$8.4M
- Perminder BhatiaFresno$8.3M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$8.2M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$8.2M
- Bruce CreeSan Francisco$8M
- Lawrence RechtPalo Alto$6.6M
- Stanley PrusinerSan Francisco$6.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.