Pediatric Pulmonology in California
99 providers, $431,019 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $320.
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 pulmonology clinicians in California
Across 3 pediatric pulmonology clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $673,536 in total — an average of $224,512 each, of which $224,512 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
- 1Sande OkeloLos Angeles$146,357
- 2Rakesh BhattacharjeeSan Diego$72,182
- 3Carlos MillaPalo Alto$64,602
- 4Terry RobinsonPalo Alto$23,087
- 5Sudhakar ReddivalamMadera$13,529
- 6Marilynn ChanSan Diego$10,546
- 7Lauro RobertoFresno$10,494
- 8John SaitoFountain Valley$7,775
- 9Filomena Hazel VillaMadera$7,738
- 10Richard MossPalo Alto$5,481
- 11David CornfieldPalo Alto$4,844
- 12Jesse JoadSacramento$4,800
- 13Katherine LewinterLos Angeles$4,580
- 14Rachna WadiaPalo Alto$4,060
- 15Hovig ArtinianClovis$3,745
- 16Paul DoClovis$3,737
- 17Amrita Dosanjhla Jolla$3,596
- 18Bugsu OvuncTorrance$3,293
- 19Deena YousifMadera$3,040
- 20Alex KatzOrange$2,238
- 21John MouaClovis$2,091
- 22Pornchai TirakitsoontornOrange$1,823
- 23Luke NoronhaSanta Barbara$1,783
- 24Meghan McGarrySan Francisco$1,520
- 25Kimberly OtsukaLoma Linda$1,404
- 26Zacharia RedaFountain Valley$1,403
- 27Annabelle QuizonSan Diego$1,360
- 28Amy HarrisonNewport Beach$1,299
- 29Matejka Cernelc-KohanSan Diego$1,138
- 30Sebnem OzdoganModesto$1,136
- 31Melissa MaloneyLos Angeles$1,134
- 32Biswas JoshiSan Bernardino$1,096
- 33Elizabeth FoleyLong Beach$1,030
- 34Mary Anne TablizoPalo Alto$888
- 35Matthew WongLos Angeles$762
- 36Janet LimSan Francisco$733
- 37Sumit BhargavaPalo Alto$683
- 38Kathryn AkongSan Diego$622
- 39Lida MohtashamLong Beach$618
- 40Ruth SiewSan Francisco$558
- 41Ashley HanLoma Linda$507
- 42Maria Vernadette OfreneoSan Jose$506
- 43David PanekSan Francisco$446
- 44Taylor InmanSan Diego$427
- 45Patricia Lenhart-PendergrassSan Diego$419
- 46Yaron FireizenSan Diego$418
- 47Timothy HicksOrange$384
- 48Dhakshitha PeddisettyMadera$376
- 49Anchalee YuengsrigulOrange$364
- 50Terry ChinLong Beach$320
- 51Martha McKinneyLos Angeles$304
- 52Ricardo FloresSanta Maria$259
- 53Irina DralyukWest Hollywood$244
- 54Ruth McDonaldSacramento$232
- 55Daniella SafatianLos Angeles$211
- 56Marlyn WooWest Hollywood$171
- 57Roberta KatoLos Angeles$169
- 58Salimeh Khazaei NejadSan Jose$159
- 59David HicksOrange$140
- 60Christin KuoPalo Alto$128