Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.: payments to clinicians
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.'s payments to clinicians fell 53% in 2025, to $438,125 across 3,653 people. Food and beverage was the largest category at 45%, then speaking and faculty fees (44%). The largest single recipient (Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, New York) received $47,408.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $438,125 | 7,777 | 3,653 |
| 2024 | $928,465 | 13,541 | 5,244 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Berenice Geraldino Pardilla, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | New York, NY | $47,408 |
| 2 | Jigar Shah, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Margate, FL | $24,195 |
| 3 | Leanna Wise, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Los Angeles, CA | $18,971 |
| 4 | Sanjay Chabra, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | El Paso, TX | $16,842 |
| 5 | Mohammad Kamgar, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Los Angeles, CA | $15,029 |
| 6 | Payam Shakouri, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Poughkeepsie, NY | $14,720 |
| 7 | Tina Kochar, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Galveston, TX | $14,236 |
| 8 | Jorge Antonio Larranaga, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Kissimmee, FL | $11,837 |
| 9 | German T. Hernandez, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | El Paso, TX | $10,470 |
| 10 | Howard M. Belmont, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | New York, NY | $9,101 |
| 11 | Narayan Das Agrawal, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fresh Meadows, NY | $7,748 |
| 12 | Sreedhara Babu Alla, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Shreveport, LA | $7,132 |
| 13 | Ekaterina Simakova, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Jupiter, FL | $6,926 |
| 14 | Jason B. Rothschild, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Temple Terrace, FL | $5,745 |
| 15 | Maureen Anne McMahon, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Los Angeles, CA | $5,191 |
| 16 | Mohammed Shujauddin Ahmed, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Bolingbrook, IL | $5,094 |
| 17 | Joshua Michael Kaplan, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Newark, NJ | $3,724 |
| 18 | Peter Ellis Lipsky, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Charlottesville, VA | $3,630 |
| 19 | Yassir Sirajeldin, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Southfield, MI | $3,324 |
| 20 | Michael L. Aaronson, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Lincoln, NE | $3,250 |
| 21 | Dhiman Basu, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Colleyville, TX | $2,205 |
| 22 | Frank B. Cortazar, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Albany, NY | $2,029 |
| 23 | Vinicius Costa Diniz Domingues, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Daytona Beach, FL | $1,766 |
| 24 | Gerald Bernard Appel, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | New York, NY | $1,500 |
| 25 | Swati Arora | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,267 |
| 26 | Petros Efthimiou, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | New York, NY | $1,181 |
| 27 | Sheetal Ramesh Desai, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Orange, CA | $1,100 |
| 28 | Jennifer Louise Mylod, DNP | Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health | Glendale, AZ | $750.00 |
| 29 | Alan Kivitz, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Duncansville, PA | $605.00 |
| 30 | John Christian Ong, DO | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fountain Valley, CA | $576.04 |
| 31 | Akshay Reddy Bommireddi, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Torrance, CA | $404.21 |
| 32 | Qian Chen, NP | Specialist/Technologist, Other, Nephrology | Fresh Meadows, NY | $381.22 |
| 33 | Bryan D. Gescuk, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | San Mateo, CA | $372.31 |
| 34 | Richard Edwin Jones III, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Northport, AL | $356.05 |
| 35 | Patricia Maria Mueller, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | South Miami, FL | $355.92 |
| 36 | Michael A. Pablos Quiles, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Beverly Hills, CA | $346.61 |
| 37 | Reuven Bromberg, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Miami, FL | $342.88 |
| 38 | Niloofar Nobakht, M.D, | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Los Angeles, CA | $336.57 |
| 39 | Mouriel Deyanira Boucher, DO | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Coconut Creek, FL | $336.44 |
| 40 | Ruoru Wong, PA-C | Physician Assistant | Corona, NY | $326.16 |
| 41 | Tracy Lin, DO | Internal Medicine | San Dimas, CA | $319.35 |
| 42 | Yasemin Bulut Balin, MD | Internal Medicine | Los Alamitos, CA | $311.34 |
| 43 | Vinh Cam, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Torrance, CA | $304.26 |
| 44 | Antiem Bui, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Lakewood, CA | $287.57 |
| 45 | Annika Khine | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Los Angeles, CA | $286.77 |
| 46 | Chyi Chyi Chong, MD | Internal Medicine | Newport, RI | $284.23 |
| 47 | Alberto B. Esquenazi, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | South Miami, FL | $283.64 |
| 48 | Margarita Rosa Garces, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | South Miami, FL | $283.13 |
| 49 | Titilola Omobolaji Akhigbe, M.D | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Memphis, TN | $282.62 |
| 50 | Joseph James Laconti, M.D., PH.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Miami, FL | $276.59 |
| 51 | Michael Naarendorp, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | New York, NY | $276.02 |
| 52 | Ozer A. Farooqui, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Houston, TX | $273.27 |
| 53 | Andrea Anne Ramirez, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology | Houston, TX | $273.27 |
| 54 | Sheri Wen Hsu, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | La Quinta, CA | $263.48 |
| 55 | Diana Zuleta, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Pembroke Pines, FL | $263.09 |
| 56 | Swathi Gonnalagadda, M.D | Internal Medicine | Saginaw, MI | $263.03 |
| 57 | Randall Q. Cron, M.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology | Birmingham, AL | $258.85 |
| 58 | David A. McLain, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Birmingham, AL | $258.85 |
| 59 | Jaime A. Pachon, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | South Miami, FL | $253.74 |
| 60 | Anthony S. Padula, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | San Francisco, CA | $253.33 |
| 61 | Hillary Lee Moinipour, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Macon, GA | $251.80 |
| 62 | Arik Zaider, MD | Specialist | Midland Park, NJ | $250.37 |
| 63 | Nicole Angelica Alvarez, NP | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fresh Meadows, NY | $250.01 |
| 64 | Lily Kao, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | San Jose, CA | $247.70 |
| 65 | Golriz Jafari, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Montebello, CA | $246.34 |
| 66 | Hugo Bittar Fonseca, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Pembroke Pines, FL | $244.76 |
| 67 | Fehmida Zahabi, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Plano, TX | $243.86 |
| 68 | Andrew Gregory Ross, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Orange, CA | $241.27 |
| 69 | Tara Dela Cruz Liwag, NP | Nurse Practitioner | San Francisco, CA | $234.69 |
| 70 | Anam Siddiqui | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Fresh Meadows, NY | $232.90 |
| 71 | Antonette Veronica Baxa Hernandez, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Honolulu, HI | $232.15 |
| 72 | Laith Moufed Al Dahabreh, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Albany, GA | $229.75 |
| 73 | Ismail Abubakar Ibrahim, MBBS | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Albany, GA | $229.75 |
| 74 | John A. Dennis, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Medical | Albany, GA | $229.29 |
| 75 | Clifford Stermer, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $228.77 |
| 76 | Nannette Rene Crowley, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Macon, GA | $227.02 |
| 77 | Stephanie Burris, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Oglethorpe, GA | $225.50 |
| 78 | Svetlana Villano | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Los Angeles, CA | $225.33 |
| 79 | Amit Sureen, DO | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Riverside, CA | $224.51 |
| 80 | Lynette M. Weitman Nicholson, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Medical | Pembroke Pines, FL | $223.79 |
| 81 | Robert Sullivan, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Orlando, FL | $221.04 |
| 82 | Jennifer Siapno Vega, ARNP | Nurse Practitioner, Family | South Miami, FL | $220.58 |
| 83 | Joann McRae Ball, NP | Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care | Palm Desert, CA | $218.26 |
| 84 | Anca Askanase, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | New York, NY | $217.32 |
| 85 | Ileana Farrada, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | North Miami Beach, FL | $217.15 |
| 86 | Johana F. Duque, PA | Physician Assistant, Medical | Lauderdale Lakes, FL | $213.14 |
| 87 | Olga Kromo, M.D. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | South Miami, FL | $212.67 |
| 88 | Eddie Khav, DO | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | San Diego, CA | $211.39 |
| 89 | Khurram Abbass, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | San Jose, CA | $210.30 |
| 90 | Placido A. Morano, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Brooklyn, NY | $208.98 |
| 91 | Kevin Thompson | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Corpus Christi, TX | $208.86 |
| 92 | Ashok Cherian Jacob, M.D, MPH | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Annapolis, MD | $208.50 |
| 93 | Thomas Andrew Quinn, D.O. | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Blue Bell, PA | $208.48 |
| 94 | Debbie Snodgrass, NP | Nurse Practitioner | Corpus Christi, TX | $208.41 |
| 95 | Sabrina Chang | Physician Assistant | Vallejo, CA | $206.95 |
| 96 | Jose G. Garcia, MD | Specialist | Pembroke Pines, FL | $206.90 |
| 97 | Leticia Noemi Anon, APRN | Nurse Practitioner | Pembroke Pines, FL | $206.20 |
| 98 | Marven Gerel Domingo Cabling, MD | Internal Medicine, Rheumatology | Las Vegas, NV | $205.90 |
| 99 | Hoang Anh Nguyen, DO | Internal Medicine | Sylmar, CA | $203.81 |
| 100 | Ravi Vamsi Siriki, MD | Internal Medicine, Nephrology | Flushing, NY | $203.41 |
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