Surjit Mahal
Adult Medicine · Fremont, CANPI 1609920156
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 73 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $481 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $20 in 2023.
Across 73 payments — averaging $17.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$236
- AbbVie$205
- Merck$139
- AstraZeneca$137
- Lilly USA, LLC$80
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$71
- plus $416 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,284100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $236 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $205 |
| Merck | 9 | $139 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $137 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $52 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $38 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $38 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| Bayer | 1 | $31 |
| GSK | 1 | $28 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Gilead | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,284 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 221 adult medicine providers in California.
Other adult medicine in Fremont
- Subena TilleyFremont$4K
- Susan HutchinsonLaguna Hills$1M
- Natalia GuzmanLos Angeles$583K
- Richard FauselRancho Mirage$30K
- Benedicto EstoestaValley Springs$22K
- Antoine DipsiaW. Sacramento$21K
- Patrick WelchArroyo Grande$20K
- Craig BobsonManteca$19K
- Tin WongLos Angeles$18K
- Sofia VaismanWoodland Hills$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.