Sheena Maharaj
Pediatrics · Sacramento, CANPI 1801192448
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 151 payments — averaging $23.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$315
- GSK$273
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$230
- AstraZeneca$212
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$209
- Gilead$197
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,40997%
- Education$1223%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 17 | $315 |
| GSK | 13 | $273 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $230 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $212 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $209 |
| Gilead | 10 | $197 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $195 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 20 | $185 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $163 |
| Digestive Care, Inc. | 3 | $150 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $149 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $140 |
| Amgen | 7 | $113 |
| Ventec Life Systems, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Vertex | 4 | $80 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 3 | $67 |
| Merck | 2 | $66 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 4 | $60 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $56 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 2 | $39 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $35 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Inspire$150
- Creon$146
- TOBI Podhaler$132
How this compares
$3,530 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Sacramento
- Nicola KleinOakland$81.9M
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$38.4M
- Carey ChronisVentura$6.3M
- Jose DiazDowney$5.4M
- Bruce BuckinghamSan Jose$3.1M
- Patrick WalshAnaheim$3M
- Teresita Salazar-GuadizBellflower$2.7M
- Liberation de LeonParamount$2.7M
- Melvin HeymanSan Francisco$2.5M
- Aftab NazMadera$2.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.