Taissa Cherry, MD
Anesthesiology · San Francisco, CANPI 1669528121
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,569 of the $5,487 with a category attached, or 65.0%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. at 43.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,056, 8.5 times the $243 reported in 2019. Among anesthesiology 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 $124.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nevro Corp.$782
- Medtronic$381
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$271
- Abbott$189
- plus $56 from 1 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $7721.48 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.
- Nevro Corp.$108K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$99
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,91835%
- Food & beverage$3,56965%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $2,398 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $1,409 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $782 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $381 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $271 |
| Abbott | 4 | $189 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $56 |
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.
- Evoke$2,245
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$523
- Senza II$357
- Prospera$271
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$246
- Senza$174
- INTELLIS$153
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$132
- Proclaim IPG$128
- GENERAL DBS$117
How this compares
$5,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,717 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 15 | $734 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $533 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 17 | $363 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $237 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $101 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in San Francisco
- Adrian GelbSan Francisco$123K
- John WinchesterSan Francisco$111K
- Christian ApfelSan Francisco$54K
- Jack JengSouth San Francisco$1.3M
- Roger PhillipsChico$434K
- David DeyhimyLaguna Hills$344K
- Maxime CannessonLos Angeles$336K
- Alexander RoherSan Diego$282K
- Moody MakarLos Angeles$252K
- Jonathan JahrLos Angeles$223K
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.