Stephen Gitelman
Pediatric Endocrinology · San Francisco, CANPI 1063440980
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $64,333 of the $105,082 with a category attached, or 61.2%. Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatric endocrinology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 44 payments — averaging $2388.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$67K
- Sanofi$19K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$9K
- Pfizer$4K
- Eli Lilly$3K
- Genentech, Inc.$2K
- plus $1K from 2 others
Across 38 payments — averaging $12,681 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.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$322K
- Sanofi$70K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$52K
- Novo Nordisk AS$35K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$64,33361%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,35720%
- Travel & lodging$17,71617%
- Food & beverage$1,6762%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 26 | $66,799 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $18,505 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 4 | $8,665 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $3,980 |
| Eli Lilly | 5 | $3,433 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $2,250 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $900 |
| Vertex | 1 | $550 |
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.
- TZIELD$26,829
- SOLIQUA 100/33$8,672
How this compares
$105,082 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 168 pediatric endocrinology providers in California.
Other pediatric endocrinology in San Francisco
- Saleh AdiSan Francisco$36K
- Janet LeeSan Francisco$6K
- Srinath SandaSan Francisco$6K
- Suruchi BhatiaSan Francisco$4K
- Gnanagurdasan PrakasamSacramento$805K
- Swati ElchuriVentura$210K
- Karen KleinSan Diego$195K
- Francine KaufmanLos Angeles$184K
- Lynda PolgreenOrange$167K
- Kevin KaisermanWest Covina$150K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.