Michael Berlin
Ophthalmology · West Hollywood, CANPI 1528048584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $5,659,940 of the $5,661,177 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Alcon accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,659,999 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $136 in 2025. Among ophthalmology 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 19 payments — averaging $297,957 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$5.7M
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$614
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$190
- NEW World Medical,inc.$97
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$79
- AbbVie$77
- plus $179 from 4 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $626.69 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$6K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,1980%
- Gifts$390%
- Other$5,659,940100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 1 | $5,659,940 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $614 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 2 | $190 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $77 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $39 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Hydrus Microstent$5,659,940
- VYZULTA$361
- IOLMaster 700$131
- MEL 90$131
- VisuMax$131
- QUATERA 700$131
- ATLAS 500$131
How this compares
$5,661,177 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in West Hollywood
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Gilbert KlimanMenlo Park$1.5M
- Kuldev SinghStanford$1.5M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$1.3M
- John AffeldtLoma Linda$1.1M
- Srinivas SaddaPasadena$1M
- Sheri RowenNewport Beach$1M
- Savak TeymoorianLaguna Hills$955K
- Andrew MoshfeghiLos Angeles$895K
- Barry SeibelLos Angeles$835K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.