Melvin Heyman
Pediatrics · San Francisco, CANPI 1740222314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,763 of the $25,428 with a category attached, or 89.5%. Gilead accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,815 and has fallen 87.6% since, to $1,463 in 2024. Among pediatrics 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 30 payments — averaging $847.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$17K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$3K
- AbbVie$1K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$1K
- Pavmed Inc.$500
Across 406 payments — averaging $6222.38 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.
- AbbVie$706K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$593K
- Eli Lilly$342K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$254K
- Genentech, Inc.$245K
- Roche Products Limited$178K
- plus $209K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,76390%
- Travel & lodging$2,3639%
- Food & beverage$3021%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 12 | $17,425 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $3,375 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $1,463 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 9 | $1,400 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $1,265 |
| Pavmed Inc. | 1 | $500 |
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
$25,428 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in San Francisco
- Tonya ChaffeeSan Francisco$359K
- Anthony PortaleSan Francisco$354K
- David KesslerSan Francisco$335K
- Jonathan StroberSan Francisco$164K
- Anna MoscickiSan Francisco$88K
- Philip RosenthalSan Francisco$82K
- Yvette WildSan Francisco$75K
- Ilona FriedenSan Francisco$62K
- Farzana PerwadSan Francisco$30K
- Mary LeshSan Francisco$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.