Raquel Fernandez
Pediatrics · Torrance, CANPI 1013163740
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 110 payments — averaging $20.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$384
- GSK$353
- Pfizer$286
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$246
- Corium, LLC$185
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$154
- plus $654 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,262100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 19 | $384 |
| GSK | 12 | $353 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $286 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 13 | $246 |
| Corium, LLC | 9 | $185 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $154 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 9 | $141 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $83 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $32 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,262 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Torrance
- Nicola KleinOakland$81.9M
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$38.4M
- Carey ChronisVentura$6.3M
- Jose DiazDowney$5.4M
- Bruce BuckinghamSan Jose$3.1M
- Patrick WalshAnaheim$3M
- Teresita Salazar-GuadizBellflower$2.7M
- Liberation de LeonParamount$2.7M
- Melvin HeymanSan Francisco$2.5M
- Aftab NazMadera$2.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.