Dr. Shiv Sab is a cardiologist with San Diego Cardiovascular Associates, seeing patients in Encinitas and La Jolla, California. He earned his medical degree at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2012, completed internal medicine residency at UC Davis Medical Center in 2015, and finished a cardiovascular disease fellowship at UC San Diego Medical Center in 2018.
He holds board certification in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, along with credentials in echocardiography and stress echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, and vascular interpretation (RPVI). He is listed as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. His hospital affiliations are Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
His practice bio describes a focus on prevention, managing risk factors, healthy living, and patient education. During his training years he co-authored a small number of papers on topics such as left atrial appendage closure and defibrillator implantation outcomes.
CMS Open Payments records show $10,167.35 in industry payments across 241 records from 2021 to 2025, with the largest amounts from Medtronic ($3,122.76), CVRx ($589.83), and Amgen ($545.77). Payments from medical companies to doctors are common and legal, and are publicly reported.
Federal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$10,167
241 payments
| 2021 | $0 |
| 2022 | $952 |
| 2023 | $2,006 |
| 2024 | $4,037 |
| 2025 | $3,172 |
Top payers
- Medtronic, Inc.$3,123
- CVRx, Inc.$590
- Amgen Inc.$546
- AOP Health US, LLC$464
- Boston Scientific Corporation$461
Payment types
- Food and Beverage$7,895
- Travel and Lodging$2,272
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
Summary prepared with AI assistance from the public sources linked above. It is not a review, a rating, or an endorsement.
