Yaroslav Kushnir
Psychiatry · Chula Vista, CANPI 1730274176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.9% of the total across 165 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 31.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $950 and has fallen 83.5% since, to $156 in 2022.
Across 165 payments — averaging $13.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$698
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$678
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$441
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$119
- Noven Therapeutics, LLC$77
- Alkermes, Inc.$74
- plus $154 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,19598%
- Education$472%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 36 | $698 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 61 | $678 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 40 | $441 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 11 | $119 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $77 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,241 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Other psychiatry in Chula Vista
- Gustavo AlvaOrange$5.8M
- John KooSan Francisco$3M
- Jason KelloggIrvine$2.7M
- Jonathan MeyerSan Diego$2.3M
- Charles Tuan-Tu NguyenIrvine$2.1M
- Manoj WaikarLos Gatos$1.9M
- Gerald MaguireSan Juan Capistraco$1.8M
- Salima BrillmanSunnyvale$1.4M
- Bibi DasStanford$1.4M
- Konstantinos TripodisBurbank$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.