Sheetal Desai, MD
Rheumatology · Orange, CANPI 1699966861
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 486 payments — averaging $1826.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$212K
- GSK$147K
- AstraZeneca$109K
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$95K
- UCB SA$89K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$66K
- plus $170K from 12 others
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 14 | $212,051 |
| GSK | 101 | $146,688 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 121 | $108,781 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 89 | $95,230 |
| UCB SA | 13 | $88,678 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 59 | $66,159 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 27 | $57,236 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 40 | $38,238 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $33,390 |
| Amgen | 4 | $33,205 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $3,141 |
| Biogen | 1 | $2,756 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $1,893 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $111 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $84 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $78 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $26 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $26 |
How this compares
$887,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other rheumatology in Orange
- Behnam KhaleghiOrange$700K
- Samy MetyasCovina$12.9M
- Christine ThaiHuntington Beach$8.5M
- Tien-I SuWhittier$8.4M
- Eric LeeUpland$6.9M
- Orrin TroumSanta Monica$6.9M
- Shirley PangFullerton$5.7M
- William RobinsonStanford$5.1M
- Dan laTujunga$5.1M
- Christina Charles-SchoemanLos Angeles$4.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.