Pediatric Emergency Medicine in California
73 providers, $83,556 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $125.
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 pediatric emergency medicine clinicians in California
Across 4 pediatric emergency medicine clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $82,472 in total — an average of $20,618 each, of which $20,618 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
- 1Abdullah KhanLoma Linda$40,310
- 2Tom DavidsonLos Angeles$14,841
- 3Michael GardinerSan Diego$6,176
- 4Shyam SivasankarStanford$5,741
- 5Zahra Ghazi-AskarStanford$3,170
- 6Ilene ClaudiusLos Angeles$2,491
- 7Gregory BuchertOrange$985
- 8Joy DonofrioSan Diego$676
- 9Michael BellOakland$632
- 10Karim MansourOakland$601
- 11Liza KearlLos Angeles$505
- 12Mundi AttinasiFountain Valley$480
- 13Aleena KhanColton$463
- 14Jeranil NunezLos Angeles$389
- 15Arthur ChoLos Angeles$323
- 16Kelly YoungTorrance$313
- 17Sarah SalamonLos Angeles$300
- 18Thomas BellomoSan Diego$293
- 19Sophia LamSan Diego$264
- 20Jon DetterichLos Angeles$261
- 21Alan NagerLos Angeles$253
- 22Kala ParkerVentura$245
- 23Neelam PatelLos Angeles$240
- 24Sophia WangLoma Linda$229
- 25Christine ChoOakland$204
- 26Hrach ArutyunyanGlendale$177
- 27Brian ParkSan Diego$167
- 28Issac JakubowiczLos Angeles$155
- 29Sonia SinghSacramento$154
- 30Andrea FangStanford$138
- 31Carla Maria AlcidOrange$135
- 32Mary Jane PiroutekLoma Linda$132
- 33Tommy KimLoma Linda$131
- 34Cherrelle SmithStanford$126
- 35Kevin BuckleySan Diego$126
- 36Janet Semple-HessLos Angeles$126
- 37Karen KwanLos Angeles$125
- 38Jennifer LimLoma Linda$122
- 39David ChaoSan Diego$92
- 40Indu GuptaModesto$90
- 41Simon LucioSan Diego$90
- 42Yongtian TanSan Francisco$81
- 43Lilit MinasyanLoma Linda$78
- 44Deborah HsuStanford$77
- 45Vincent WangSan Diego$58
- 46Clare HaasSan Diego$56
- 47Deirdre Bernard PearlSanta Rosa$50
- 48Harold Wilsonvan Nuys$49
- 49Bradley GoldbergLos Angeles$49
- 50Nelson BansilOrange$44
- 51Nancy WangStanford$44
- 52Carol BerkowitzTorrance$42
- 53Ali OzcanSan Diego$38
- 54Jay FisherSan Diego$37
- 55Lauren MillsLong Beach$35
- 56Greg MarconiLos Angeles$35
- 57Kelly OchoaOxnard$32
- 58Angela LumbaStanford$28
- 59Deborah LiuLos Angeles$25
- 60Sangeeta ChonaPalo Alto$25