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Internal Medicine in Mission Viejo, CA

75 verified internal medicine doctors in Mission Viejo. Page 2 of 2.

Internists specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases, often coordinating complex or chronic conditions across multiple systems.

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Dr. Sarah Pace, MD

Internal Medicine

16 yrs NPPES
NPI 1598081705
26800 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 330, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-6000
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $1,217 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$1,217

Total received

59

Transactions

19

Paying companies

Top paying companies

Lilly USA, LLC$331.26
AbbVie Inc.$102.74
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP$82.92
Embecta Corp.$76.43
Amgen Inc.$75.91
Exact Sciences Corporation$69.79

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total is higher than 93% of that group — among the highest recipients.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Sarah Pace do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Erene Sami, MD

Internal Medicine

16 yrs NPPES
NPI 1023335817
26800 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 485, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-5830
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $216.07 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$216.07

Total received

6

Transactions

4

Paying companies

Top paying companies

Lilly USA, LLC$148.26
Abbott Laboratories$31.65
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.$20.16
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP$16.00

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 82th percentile of that group.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Erene Sami do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Saba Akhtar, MD

Internal Medicine

15 yrs NPPES
NPI 1104112440
26800 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 305, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-6000
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $298.91 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$298.91

Total received

12

Transactions

5

Paying companies

Top paying companies

AbbVie Inc.$102.14
Pfizer Inc.$97.16
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc$52.01
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$24.24
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$23.36

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 85th percentile of that group.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Saba Akhtar do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Audrey Tai, DO

Internal Medicine

14 yrs NPPES
NPI 1942555818
26800 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 340, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 889-2020
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $5,460 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$5,460

Total received

14

Transactions

6

Paying companies

Top paying companies

Alcon Vision LLC$5,302
Glaukos Corporation$45.71
Horizon Therapeutics plc$41.80
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$36.39
Sight Sciences, Inc.$18.78
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$15.60

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total is higher than 97% of that group — among the highest recipients.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Audrey Tai do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Nina Swadener, MD

Internal Medicine

13 yrs NPPES
NPI 1518301621
26800 CROWN VALLEY PKWY, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-6559
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $1,615 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$1,615

Total received

87

Transactions

21

Paying companies

Top paying companies

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION$425.49
AbbVie Inc.$267.01
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$170.68
Novo Nordisk Inc$134.10
Inari Medical, Inc.$94.96
Amgen Inc.$84.01

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total is higher than 94% of that group — among the highest recipients.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Nina Swadener do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Jessica Kim, DO

Internal Medicine

13 yrs NPPES
NPI 1245663228
26732 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 571, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 200-7008
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $2,129 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$2,129

Total received

99

Transactions

15

Paying companies

Top paying companies

Incyte Corporation$410.10
AbbVie Inc.$287.49
Pfizer Inc.$266.47
Genzyme Corporation$242.24
Janssen Biotech, Inc.$198.32
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$183.65

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total is higher than 95% of that group — among the highest recipients.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Jessica Kim do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Adrienne Drake, MD

Internal Medicine

13 yrs NPPES
NPI 1609207802
22486 ALCUDIA, Mission Viejo, CA 92692(949) 951-0775
NPPES public registry
CMS Open Payments· No payments in 2023

Industry Payments

No industry payments on record in the 2023 CMS Open Payments data. This doctor received no reported payments from drug or device makers that year.

Dr. Ghassan Kabbach, MD

Internal Medicine

12 yrs NPPES
NPI 1730596040
27700 MEDICAL CENTER RD, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 365-2468
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· No payments in 2023

Industry Payments

No industry payments on record in the 2023 CMS Open Payments data. This doctor received no reported payments from drug or device makers that year.

Dr. Andrew Truong, MD

Internal Medicine

11 yrs NPPES
NPI 1134513047
26800 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 305, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-6000
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $1,040 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$1,040

Total received

50

Transactions

16

Paying companies

Top paying companies

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION$258.97
Lilly USA, LLC$151.76
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$111.94
Inari Medical, Inc.$94.96
AbbVie Inc.$93.84
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation$64.28

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total is higher than 92% of that group — among the highest recipients.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Andrew Truong do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Vrinda Bhasin, MD

Internal Medicine

11 yrs NPPES
NPI 1740660133
27799 MEDICAL CENTER RD STE 460, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 365-2387
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $154.12 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$154.12

Total received

6

Transactions

5

Paying companies

Top paying companies

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP$50.54
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$29.48
EISAI INC.$27.64
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION$23.72
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.$22.74

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 80th percentile of that group.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Vrinda Bhasin do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Elizabeth Nieto, MD

Internal Medicine

10 yrs NPPES
NPI 1689020760
26800 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 325, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-6000
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $64.08 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$64.08

Total received

3

Transactions

3

Paying companies

Top paying companies

AbbVie Inc.$25.51
Exact Sciences Corporation$20.74
Novo Nordisk Inc$17.83

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 73th percentile of that group.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Elizabeth Nieto do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Joshua Sugino, DO

Internal Medicine

8 yrs NPPES
NPI 1407322654
27700 MEDICAL CENTER RD, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-6000
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $216.25 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$216.25

Total received

8

Transactions

6

Paying companies

Top paying companies

AbbVie Inc.$85.17
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc$30.30
Pfizer Inc.$28.82
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$24.24
scPharmaceuticals Inc.$23.97
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$23.75

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 82th percentile of that group.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Joshua Sugino do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Farnoosh Yari, MD

Internal Medicine

7 yrs NPPES
NPI 1972164895
73 CIRCLE CT, Mission Viejo, CA 92692(949) 521-8215
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· No payments in 2023

Industry Payments

No industry payments on record in the 2023 CMS Open Payments data. This doctor received no reported payments from drug or device makers that year.

Dr. Jacquelyn Hunter, MD

Internal Medicine

7 yrs NPPES
NPI 1629639406
26726 CROWN VALLEY PKWY STE 200, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 364-4361
NPPES public registryAccepts Medicare (2024)
CMS Open Payments· $342.67 (2023)

Industry Payments (2023)

Reported by drug and device makers to CMS Open Payments. These payments are legal and disclosed — shown as context, not a judgment.

$342.67

Total received

3

Transactions

2

Paying companies

Top paying companies

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP$219.89
Amgen Inc.$122.78

Among the 183,896 internal medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 37% received any industry payment (median $195 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 86th percentile of that group.

Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US internal medicine doctors.

Payments to Jacquelyn Hunter do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.

Dr. Elle Kaplan, MD

Internal Medicine

5 yrs NPPES
NPI 1316518400
26522 LA ALAMEDA STE 370, Mission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 600-7864
NPPES public registry
CMS Open Payments· No payments in 2023

Industry Payments

No industry payments on record in the 2023 CMS Open Payments data. This doctor received no reported payments from drug or device makers that year.

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