Somjot Brar
Cardiovascular Disease · Los Angeles, CANPI 1013076751
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,982 of the $3,395 with a category attached, or 87.8%. Medtronic accounts for 60.1% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 18 payments — averaging $188.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$16
Across 156 payments — averaging $7546.78 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$618K
- Edwards Lifesciences$196K
- Boston Scientific$196K
- Medtronic$167K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,98288%
- Food & beverage$41312%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 9 | $2,040 |
| Abbott | 8 | $1,338 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 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.
- CoreValve Evolut$349
How this compares
$3,395 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Los Angeles
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Karol WatsonLos Angeles$553K
- Jamil AboulhosnLos Angeles$423K
- Darren BermanLos Angeles$392K
- Arash NayeriLos Angeles$281K
- Gregg FonarowLos Angeles$260K
- Martha GulatiLos Angeles$141K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.