Russ Altman
Internal Medicine · Stanford, CANPI 1497813810
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,289 of the $8,437 with a category attached, or 98.2%. GSK accounts for 92.3% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among internal medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 4 payments — averaging $2109.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$8K
- Pfizer$500
- Genentech, Inc.$148
Across 4 payments — averaging $152,159 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.
- GSK$423K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$186K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,28998%
- Travel & lodging$771%
- Food & beverage$721%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 1 | $7,789 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $500 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $148 |
How this compares
$8,437 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in Stanford
- Christian EversullStanford$2.9M
- Phyllis GardnerStanford$320K
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Tung NgoNewport Beach$4.9M
- Christian SandrockSacramento$2.1M
- Hatim HusainSan Diego$2M
- Teck LingPalo Alto$1.1M
- Hyong Kimla Jolla$1M
- Rohit Loombala Jolla$965K
- Fred CohenSan Francisco$929K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.