Sheldon Zitman
Family Medicine · Cupertino, CANPI 1184722332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 124 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,778 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $19 in 2021.
Across 124 payments — averaging $17.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$300
- AstraZeneca$273
- Pfizer$262
- AbbVie$198
- Boehringer Ingelheim$165
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$113
- plus $884 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,196100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 12 | $300 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $273 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $262 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $198 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $165 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $113 |
| Merck | 7 | $110 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $93 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $92 |
| GSK | 4 | $69 |
| Amgen | 3 | $65 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $38 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| BD | 1 | $24 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,196 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Cupertino
- Sherly SoleimanEncino$1.2M
- Pamela KushnerLos Angeles$1.2M
- Sujata NarayanStanford$1.2M
- Jeffrey UngerChino$906K
- Alexander RivkinLos Angeles$866K
- Scott HowellLos Angeles$793K
- Derrick ButlerLos Angeles$692K
- Sandra CalmanMontara$589K
- Anthony JonesOakland$377K
- Amira AyadBakersfield$360K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.