Sheri Pham, MD
Nephrology · Glendora, CANPI 1639261951
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 287 payments — averaging $33.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Amgen$845
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$748
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$655
- Novo Nordisk$426
- Bayer$426
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,62099%
- Education$641%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 64 | $3,327 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 38 | $845 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 34 | $748 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 27 | $655 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $426 |
| Bayer | 15 | $426 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 31 | $417 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 17 | $396 |
| Abbott | 3 | $293 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $285 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $250 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 9 | $202 |
| GSK | 7 | $146 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 7 | $146 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $131 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $124 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Gilead | 1 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $105 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $92 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Cormedix Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Rockwell Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$9,684 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,341 nephrology 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 265 | $219,118 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 91 | $98,181 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 46 | $87,946 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 114 | $71,886 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 31 | $19,597 |
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 35 | $14,988 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 17 | $9,761 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $7,930 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 47 | $7,352 |
| Calcium Acetate | 81 | $5,586 |
| SpsSodium Polystyrene Sulfon/Sorb | 12 | $2,478 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 190 | $1,846 |
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 15 | $1,200 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 19 | $866 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 229 | $660 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaLokelma, Farxiga | $3,327 | $291,005379 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $426 | $19,59731 claims |
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $748 | $14,98835 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 1,341 nephrology providers in California.
Other nephrology in Glendora
- Anjay RastogiLos Angeles$6.3M
- Aamir JamalSan Dimas$5.5M
- Mohamed El-ShahawyLos Angeles$4.4M
- Kalpesh PatelCalabasas$3.6M
- Jehad HaggiagiMission Hills$3.6M
- Malvin YanSouth Gate$3.3M
- Sohan DuaNorthridge$3.2M
- Richard LafayetteStanford$3M
- Anant DesaiGranada Hills$2.9M
- Glenn ChertowStanford$2.2M
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.