Pain Medicine in Newport Beach, CA
6 verified pain medicine doctors in Newport Beach.
Pain medicine physicians diagnose and treat acute and chronic pain using medication, procedures, and therapy.
NPPES tenure ≠ clinical experience. "Years on NPPES" is time since the physician first registered a National Provider Identifier, not time practicing medicine. Verify current license status with the state medical board.
Dr. Balaji Charlu, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $2,417 (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.
$2,417
Total received
32
Transactions
6
Paying companies
Top paying companies
Among the 2,326 pain medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 72% received any industry payment (median $621 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 pain medicine doctors.
Payments to Balaji Charlu do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.
Dr. Sten Kramer, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $1,418 (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.
$1,418
Total received
45
Transactions
14
Paying companies
Top paying companies
Among the 2,326 pain medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 72% received any industry payment (median $621 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 78th percentile of that group.
Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US pain medicine doctors.
Payments to Sten Kramer do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.
Dr. Michael Shahbazian, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $125.48 (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.
$125.48
Total received
1
Transactions
1
Paying companies
Top paying companies
Among the 2,326 pain medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 72% received any industry payment (median $621 among those who did). This doctor's total is on the lower end — around the 43th percentile of that group.
Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US pain medicine doctors.
Payments to Michael Shahbazian do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.
Dr. Ashraf Taha, MD
Pain Medicine
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. Oran Mehrnia, DO
Pain Medicine
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. Kunal Sinha, MD
Pain Medicine
CMS Open Payments· $521.79 (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.
$521.79
Total received
11
Transactions
3
Paying companies
Top paying companies
Among the 2,326 pain medicine doctors we've analyzed, about 72% received any industry payment (median $621 among those who did). This doctor's total ranks around the 62th percentile of that group.
Benchmark reflects doctors we've analyzed, not all US pain medicine doctors.
Payments to Kunal Sinha do not imply any wrongdoing. Many are meals, education, or research support.