Robert Brookover, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · la Jolla, CANPI 1376897629
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $18,021 of the $21,744 with a category attached, or 82.9%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 94.0% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $10,046 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $489 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $395.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$20K
- Kerecis Limited$266
- Medtronic$227
- Conmed Corporation$145
- Boston Scientific$125
- Activ Surgical, Inc.$122
- plus $411 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,5787%
- Food & beverage$2,14410%
- Education$18,02183%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 35 | $20,448 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $266 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $227 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $145 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $125 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Prescient Surgical | 1 | $110 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Histosonics, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$19,504
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$798
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$266
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$266
- AIRSEAL$145
- RESOLUTION CLIP$125
- ActivSight$122
- CleanCision$110
- Signia$103
- Sonicision$101
How this compares
$21,744 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 176 colon & rectal surgery providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 46 | $3,183 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 18 | $87 |
| Metronidazole | 19 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in la Jolla
- Lynn Westonla Jolla$17K
- Keith Beiermeisterla Jolla$13K
- Sang LeeLos Angeles$2.4M
- Pamela LeeSan Diego$544K
- Elizabeth RaskinSacramento$126K
- Shohrat AnnaberdyevRoseville$101K
- Alessio PigazziLos Angeles$100K
- Joseph CarmichaelOrange$99K
- Phillip FleshnerWest Hollywood$95K
- Zuri MurrellBeverly Hills$86K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.