Pornchai Tirakitsoontorn
Pediatric Pulmonology · Orange, CANPI 1427085810
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.5% of the total across 64 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 32.7% of the total.
Across 64 payments — averaging $28.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$596
- Vertex$326
- Digestive Care, Inc.$129
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$126
- AstraZeneca$125
- Genentech USA, Inc.$100
- plus $421 from 10 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $29,587 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.
- Vertex$562K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,72395%
- Education$1005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | 15 | $596 |
| Vertex | 11 | $326 |
| Digestive Care, Inc. | 4 | $129 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 6 | $126 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $125 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| GSK | 5 | $93 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $60 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Gilead | 2 | $39 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $33 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $18 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 99 pediatric pulmonology providers in California.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Orange
- Alex KatzOrange$2K
- Timothy HicksOrange$384
- Anchalee YuengsrigulOrange$364
- David HicksOrange$140
- Sande OkeloLos Angeles$146K
- Rakesh BhattacharjeeSan Diego$72K
- Carlos MillaPalo Alto$65K
- Terry RobinsonPalo Alto$23K
- Sudhakar ReddivalamMadera$14K
- Marilynn ChanSan Diego$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.