Omar Aldaas
Hospitalist · San Diego, CANPI 1013448364
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $14,714 of the $24,287 with a category attached, or 60.6%. Medtronic accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $15,293 and has fallen 68.2% since, to $4,860 in 2025. Among hospitalist 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 146 payments — averaging $166.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$19K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$931
- Biotronik Inc.$348
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$250
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$143
- plus $541 from 8 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $750.00 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.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$2K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2501%
- Grants$14,71461%
- Travel & lodging$3,32914%
- Food & beverage$5,47823%
- Education$5162%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 41 | $18,809 |
| Abbott | 69 | $3,264 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $931 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 6 | $348 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $250 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $143 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $131 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $99 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,455
- AVEIR$933
- ENSITE$315
- MULTAQ$250
- Farapulse$168
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$167
- RHYTHMVIEW$167
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$160
- ASSURITY$146
- Perclose ProStyle$139
- Watchman$136
- Micra$134
- LifeVest$122
- WATCHMAN FLX$118
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$117
- CARDIVA VASCADE MVP XL VVCS 10-12F$112
- CARDIOMEMS$103
How this compares
$24,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,469 hospitalist providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $7,025 |
| Colchicine | 23 | $946 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in San Diego
- Danielle BrazelSan Diego$8K
- Kinaan JavedSan Diego$5K
- Gregory SeymannSan Diego$5K
- Christina BohrSan Diego$5K
- Jennifer SchneiderSanta Rosa$1.2M
- Soham ShahBakersfield$844K
- Alpesh AminOrange$428K
- Retha GoodglickSanta Monica$156K
- Robert WachterSan Francisco$75K
- Steven WongTorrance$36K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.