Samuel Penziner
Hospitalist · Los Angeles, CANPI 1073900809
Payments from drug & device makers
$2,453,589in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 1,690 payments — averaging $1451.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$1.4M
- AstraZeneca$331K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$292K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$172K
- Eli Lilly$155K
- Pfizer$50K
- plus $52K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,24284%
- Food & beverage$23216%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 1,529 | $1,402,644 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $330,811 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 113 | $291,615 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 4 | $172,125 |
| Eli Lilly | 7 | $154,655 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $49,808 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 2 | $19,565 |
| Amgen | 3 | $19,186 |
| Merck | 9 | $11,403 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $955 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $821 |
How this compares
$2,453,589 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,469 hospitalist providers in California.
Other hospitalist in Los Angeles
- Josephine HaduongLos Angeles$94K
- Edward LeeLos Angeles$30K
- Mushtaq KhanLos Angeles$14K
- John BeckesNational City$15.5M
- Michael Abdel-MalekDublin$2M
- Billy HourMission Hills$1.9M
- Jennifer SchneiderSanta Rosa$1.2M
- Alpesh AminOrange$929K
- Soham ShahBakersfield$844K
- Deanna CheungLong Beach$732K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.