Sherif Dimyan
Neurology · Gardena, CANPI 1770680225
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 76.3% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,741 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $388 in 2022.
Across 167 payments — averaging $45.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$6K
- AstraZeneca$329
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$257
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$241
- UCB, Inc.$216
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$144
- plus $623 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,97552%
- Food & beverage$3,60747%
- Education$471%
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) | 84 | $5,820 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $329 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 12 | $257 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 20 | $241 |
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $216 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $144 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $142 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $63 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $47 |
| Novartis | 2 | $39 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Biogen | 1 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$7,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Gardena
- Andrew BlumenfeldCarlsbad$4.9M
- Khashayar DashtipourLoma Linda$3.3M
- Regina BerkovichWest Hollywood$3M
- Daniel BandariNewport Beach$2.6M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$2.4M
- Sandeep ThakkarIrvine$2M
- David LiebeskindLos Angeles$1.9M
- Jack SchimCarlsbad$1.7M
- Parshaw DorrizMission Viejo$1.5M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.