Sonia Dhoot, MD
Ophthalmology · Riverside, CANPI 1992076517
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.2% of the total. Among ophthalmology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 150 payments — averaging $192.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$8K
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$8K
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$4K
- Alcon$3K
- Glaukos Corporation$3K
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $4022.35 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.
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$30K
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$27K
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,13145%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,26339%
- Travel & lodging$4261%
- Food & beverage$4,03514%
- Gifts$170%
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) | 37 | $8,147 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 22 | $7,925 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $3,577 |
| Alcon | 2 | $2,782 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 3 | $2,500 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $1,451 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 11 | $980 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 10 | $299 |
| Novartis | 10 | $292 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $220 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 9 | $194 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $173 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Amgen | 1 | $28 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Akorn, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, 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
$28,871 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 190 | $4,775 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 59 | $745 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-TrimethoprimPolymyxin B Sulf/Trimethoprim | 103 | $627 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 28 | $325 |
| Latanoprost | 20 | $251 |
| Timolol Maleate | 16 | $181 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Riverside
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Gilbert KlimanMenlo Park$1.5M
- Kuldev SinghStanford$1.5M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$1.3M
- John AffeldtLoma Linda$1.1M
- Srinivas SaddaPasadena$1M
- Sheri RowenNewport Beach$1M
- Savak TeymoorianLaguna Hills$955K
- Andrew MoshfeghiLos Angeles$895K
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.