Michael Keller
Rheumatology · San Diego, CANPI 1669541827
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 249 payments — averaging $18.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$833
- Pfizer$498
- Novartis$489
- AbbVie$374
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$361
- GSK$315
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2325%
- Food & beverage$4,30495%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 39 | $833 |
| Pfizer | 35 | $498 |
| Novartis | 23 | $489 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $374 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 22 | $361 |
| GSK | 17 | $315 |
| Gilead | 1 | $232 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $226 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 13 | $171 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $167 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | $162 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 13 | $150 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $110 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $56 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $47 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $26 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,535 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.
Other rheumatology in San Diego
- Ara DikranianSan Diego$2.6M
- Arthur MabaquiaoSan Diego$1.6M
- Kenneth KalunianSan Diego$1.4M
- Samy MetyasCovina$12.9M
- Christine ThaiHuntington Beach$8.5M
- Tien-I SuWhittier$8.4M
- Eric LeeUpland$6.9M
- Orrin TroumSanta Monica$6.9M
- Shirley PangFullerton$5.7M
- William RobinsonStanford$5.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.