Clinical Genetics (M.D.) in California
91 providers, $1,024,008 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $197.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays clinical genetics (m.d.) clinicians in California
Across 16 clinical genetics (m.d.) clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $106,668 in total — an average of $6,667 each, of which $6,667 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Nicola LongoLos Angeles$294,952
- 2Jose CamachoSan Francisco$125,752
- 3John GargusOrange$123,932
- 4John CroninWoodside$115,239
- 5Virginia KimonisOrange$79,282
- 6Walla Al-HertaniOrange$60,794
- 7Pedro SanchezLos Angeles$28,709
- 8Stephen CederbaumLos Angeles$27,661
- 9Deborah KrakowSanta Monica$25,261
- 10Lynne BirdSan Diego$17,550
- 11Eric CrombezLos Angeles$14,375
- 12Maura RuzhnikovPalo Alto$9,971
- 13Irene ChangSan Francisco$9,693
- 14David StevensonPalo Alto$9,230
- 15Claudia MikailWoodland Hills$8,128
- 16Chung LeePalo Alto$7,841
- 17Renata GallagherSan Francisco$7,380
- 18Derek WongLos Angeles$6,861
- 19Yue HuangSan Diego$6,291
- 20Rebecca MardachSan Diego$5,774
- 21Stephen GruberDuarte$4,568
- 22Linda RandolphLos Angeles$3,516
- 23John GrahamLos Angeles$3,251
- 24Kristen WigbySan Diego$3,068
- 25Moin VeraLos Angeles$2,959
- 26Dena MatalonPalo Alto$2,833
- 27Ophir KleinWest Hollywood$2,468
- 28Albert la SpadaOrange$1,723
- 29Greysha Rivera-CruzSunnyvale$1,698
- 30Bianca RussellLos Angeles$1,485
- 31David BlairSan Francisco$1,484
- 32Elizabeth ChaoOrange$1,095
- 33Hua WangSan Bernardino$1,045
- 34James GoldbergSan Francisco$1,000
- 35Jeremy WoodsMadera$691
- 36Changrui XiaoOrange$540
- 37Keith VauxSonoma$454
- 38Carolina Galarreta AimaMadera$412
- 39Katherine DawsonOakland$364
- 40Shirley KorulaLos Angeles$357
- 41Billur MoghaddamSacramento$309
- 42Hind Al SaifSan Francisco$237
- 43Diane BroomeAnaheim$230
- 44Kamer TezcanSacramento$215
- 45Fuki HisamaOrange$214
- 46Ora GordonBurbank$197
- 47Joyce SoSan Francisco$165
- 48Syed AhmedRiverside$162
- 49Akash KumarPalo Alto$149
- 50Kristin HermanSacramento$144
- 51Thomas Slavinla Crescenta$142
- 52Catherine KarimovLos Angeles$139
- 53Randeep BrarSan Francisco$133
- 54Fred LevineSan Diego$131
- 55Joanne JeterDuarte$128
- 56Maries JosephMadera$128
- 57James BartleyRiverside$126
- 58Bryce MendelsohnOakland$118
- 59June-Anne GoldOrange$117
- 60Cynthia CurryFresno$109