Robert Brunst
Family Medicine · Encinitas, CANPI 1639257546
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 149 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,059 and has fallen 65.0% since, to $370 in 2021.
Across 149 payments — averaging $16.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$538
- AstraZeneca$377
- GSK$197
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$193
- Amgen$171
- Pfizer$159
- plus $815 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,443100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $538 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $377 |
| GSK | 10 | $197 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $193 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $171 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $159 |
| Merck | 9 | $149 |
| Eisai Inc. | 7 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $108 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $86 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $56 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $54 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $44 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $33 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,449 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Encinitas
- Richard PayneEncinitas$181K
- Sherly SoleimanEncino$1.2M
- Pamela KushnerLos Angeles$1.2M
- Sujata NarayanStanford$1.2M
- Jeffrey UngerChino$906K
- Alexander RivkinLos Angeles$866K
- Scott HowellLos Angeles$793K
- Derrick ButlerLos Angeles$692K
- Sandra CalmanMontara$589K
- Anthony JonesOakland$377K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.