Abdallah Geara, MD

Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
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Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Clinical Director of the Glomerular Disease Program
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Lebanese University
  • Residency: Lebanese University
  • Residency: Staten Island University Hospital (North Site)
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Spoken languages

English
English
Français
French
العربية
Arabic

Reviews

Average Rating

759 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
August 2026
i get along well with my doctor he explains everything to me where i can understand it
Anonymous
August 2026
he takes the time to review my history and asks about any changes. the doctor explained that i was still in remission and showed the change in my protein in my kidneys from when i began until currently. he is very kind and patient.
Anonymous
August 2026
dr. geara has great bedside manner and is very knowledgeable
Anonymous
August 2026
overall the experience was great

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Geara is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Lafayette R, Barbour SJ, Brenner RM, Campbell KN, Doan T, Eren N, Floege J, Jha V, Kim BS, Liew A, Maes B, Pal A, Pecoits-Filho R, Phoon RKS, Rizk DV, Suzuki H, Tesař V, Trimarchi H, Wei X, Zhang H, Barratt J; ORIGIN Phase 3 Trial Investigators. A Phase 3 Trial of Atacicept in Patients with IgA Nephropathy , NEJM, 394(7): 2026,647-657


Andreia Curto, Victor J Martinez Leon, Abdallah S Geara Daratumumab for Treatment of Refractory Podocytopathy: A Case Report , Kidney Medicine, 8(3): 2026,101253


Abdallah S Geara, Kelly B Chen, Whitney Simmons Patient and Provider Perspectives on the Patient Journey in Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy , Kidney Medicine, 8(3): 2026,101242


Gerber JM, Dehdashtian E, Hu G, Gregoire C, Borie D, Bindal P, Cerny J, Geara A, Schett G, Caricchio R. Successful autologous CD19 CAR T cell therapy following severe lupus flare during immunosuppressive washout in refractory lupus nephritis , Lupus Sci Med., 12(2): 2025,e001742


Ella Eisinger, Abdallah S Geara, Bryan Chang, Preethi Reddivari, Julia Ford, Ora Gewurz-Singer, Duvuru Geetha Avacopan for ANCA-associated vasculitis: Beyond the 52-week treatment course , Clinical Nephrology, 104(5): 2025,338-342


Gupta S, Kaunfer SA, Chen KL, Dias JA, Vijayan A, Rajasekaran A, Prosek J, Truong HL, Wood A, Bassil C, Renaghan AD, Shah CV, Zhang J, Glezerman I, Carlos C, Kelly K, Passero CJ, Drappatz J, Abudayyeh A, Shin D, Sperati CJ, Yelvington BJ, Kanduri SR, Neyra JA, Edmonston D, Shirali AC, Bansal A, Geara A, Mithani Z, Ziolkowski SL, Rashidi A, Jakubowski J, Pujari A, Bond DA, Dotson EK, Wall SA, Patton JT, Barreto JN, Hermann SM, Sheikh MS, Baz RC, Lee JH, Lucchesi N, Kolman M, Rasheed MA, Afzal A, Kang D, Mahesh A, Hsu R, Nicolaysen A, Tefera K, Schretlen C, Miller RM, Velez JCQ, Flannery AH, Aklilu AM, Anand S, Chandrasekhara S, Donley V, Patel A, Ni J, Krishnamurthy S, Ali R, Yilmam OA, Wells SL, Ortega JL, Green-Lingren OL, Leaf RK, Sise ME, Nayak L, LaCasce AS, Leung N, Leaf DE. Glucarpidase for treatment of high-dose methotrexate toxicity , Blood, 145(17): 2025,1858-1869


Keith W Hamilton, Elvis Hua, Lauren Dutcher, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Paul Junker, Abigail G Doucette, Danielle Werner, Ethan Z Kannel, Thomas Civitello, Peter Gabriel, Vivek N Ahya, Dina A Jacobs, Alfred Garfall, Keith Pratz, Kathleen O Degnan, Emily A Blumberg, Donna Capozzi, Ethan Craig, Patricia Takach, Aimee S Payne, Abdallah Geara, Helen Koenig, Lawrence Holzman, Pablo Tebas Implementation of an Approach to Equitable Allocation of SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies for Preexposure Prophylaxis: Experience From a Single Medical Center , Open Forum Infectious Disease, 11(8): 2024,ofae388


Reza Zonozi 1 2, Faten Aqeel 3, Dustin Le 3, Frank B Cortazar 4, Jugal Thaker 5, Maria Jose Zabala Ramirez 6, Sebastian Eduardo Sattui Cortes 7, Rose Mary Attieh, Madeline Chung, David H Bulbin, Aisha Shaikh, Karina Guaman, Julia Ford, Colin Diffie, Ora Gewurz-Singer, Gabriel Sauvage, Anushya Jeyabalan, Abdallah Geara, Isabelle Ayoub, Andrew Bomback, Lara L Khoury, Jason C George, Kenar D Jhaveri, Vimal Kumar Derebail, John L Niles, Duvuru Geetha Real-World Experience With Avacopan in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitis , Kidney International Reports, 9(6): 2024,1783-1791


Michelle N Rheault 1, Charles E Alpers 1, Jonathan Barratt 1, Stewart Bieler 1, Pietro Canetta 1, Dong-Wan Chae 1, Gaia Coppock 1, Ulysses Diva 1, Loreto Gesualdo 1, Hiddo J L Heerspink 1, Jula K Inrig 1, Gianna M Kirsztajn 1, Donald Kohan 1, Radko Komers 1, Laura A Kooienga 1, Kenneth Lieberman 1, Alex Mercer 1, Irene L Noronha 1, Vlado Perkovic 1, Jai Radhakrishnan 1, William Rote 1, Brad Rovin 1, Vladimir Tesar 1, Hernán Trimarchi 1, James Tumlin 1, Muh Geot Wong 1, Howard Trachtman 1; DUPRO Steering Committee and DUPLEX Investigators Sparsentan versus Irbesartan in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis , NEJM, 389(26): 2023,2436-2445


Brad H Rovin, Jonathan Barratt, Hiddo J L Heerspink, Charles E Alpers, Stewart Bieler, Dong-Wan Chae, Ulysses A Diva, Jürgen Floege, Loreto Gesualdo, Jula K Inrig, Donald E Kohan, Radko Komers, Laura Ann Kooienga, Richard Lafayette, Bart Maes, Robert Małecki, Alex Mercer, Irene L Noronha, Se Won Oh, Chen Au Peh, Manuel Praga, Priscila Preciado, Jai Radhakrishnan, Michelle N Rheault, William E Rote, Sydney C W Tang, Vladimir Tesar, Howard Trachtman, Hernán Trimarchi, James A Tumlin, Muh Geot Wong, Vlado Perkovic; DUPRO steering committee and PROTECT Investigators Efficacy and safety of sparsentan versus irbesartan in patients with IgA nephropathy (PROTECT): 2-year results from a randomised, active-controlled, phase 3 trial , Lancet, 402(10417): 2023,2077-2090