Susan Carson
Pediatrics · Los Angeles, CANPI 1386810810
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 170 payments — averaging $500.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$35K
- Pfizer$25K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$10K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$8K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$3K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$2K
- plus $1K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,43837%
- Speaking & faculty fees$34,24740%
- Travel & lodging$15,94519%
- Food & beverage$3,4474%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 62 | $35,090 |
| Pfizer | 50 | $24,892 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 21 | $10,411 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 27 | $8,499 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $2,832 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $2,049 |
| Novartis | 1 | $1,028 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $141 |
| Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc | 3 | $136 |
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
$85,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Deferasirox | 22 | $37,353 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatrics in Los Angeles
- Stanley NelsonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Cesar Ochoa-LubinoffLos Angeles$841K
- Ashley MargolLos Angeles$558K
- Laurene MascolaLos Angeles$451K
- Emily HsiehLos Angeles$292K
- Alice KuoLos Angeles$250K
- Manu RaamLos Angeles$204K
- Kara CalkinsLos Angeles$153K
- Lekha RaoLos Angeles$149K
- Nicola KleinOakland$81.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.