Sharmila Carlton
Psychiatry · San Diego, CANPI 1558442566
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.1% of the total across 197 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 12 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,862 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $321 in 2022.
Across 197 payments — averaging $16.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$725
- Alkermes, Inc.$579
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$433
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$319
- Johnson & Johnson$276
- Indivior Inc.$223
- plus $789 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,31399%
- Education$321%
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) | 50 | $725 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 32 | $579 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 32 | $433 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 9 | $319 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $276 |
| Indivior Inc. | 12 | $223 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 8 | $175 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 8 | $161 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $144 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $137 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 8 | $134 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $38 |
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.
- AUSTEDO$122
How this compares
$3,344 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Olanzapine | 11 | $120 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatry in San Diego
- Jonathan MeyerSan Diego$2.3M
- Sanjai RaoSan Diego$445K
- Murray SteinSan Diego$121K
- Gustavo AlvaOrange$5.8M
- John KooSan Francisco$3M
- Jason KelloggIrvine$2.7M
- Charles Tuan-Tu NguyenIrvine$2.1M
- Manoj WaikarLos Gatos$1.9M
- Gerald MaguireSan Juan Capistraco$1.8M
- Salima BrillmanSunnyvale$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.