Soo Kim Abboud, MD
Otorhinolaryngology
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Soo Kim Abboud, MD

Otorhinolaryngology
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Penn Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery University City
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About me

  • Section Chief, Otorhinolaryngology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Soo Kim Abboud, MD serves as Chief of Otolaryngology at Penn Presbyterian Hospital, and Clinical Director of Otolaryngology at Penn Medicine University City.

She has clinical expertise in all aspects of general otolaryngology, including but not limited to sinonasal disorders, thyroid disease and cancer, neck masses, hoarseness, throat pain, recurrent tonsillitis, middle ear infections, ENT manifestations of Sjogren's Syndrome, and salivary gland diseases and malignancies.

Dr. Abboud is actively involved with research that aims to improve the early detection of Sjogren's Syndrome as well as improve treatment options and outcomes for patients afflicted with this autoimmune disorder. 

My education and training

  • Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMedical School
  • University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
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Spoken languages

English
English
한국어
Korean

Reviews

Average Rating

1368 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
October 2026
The best.
Anonymous
October 2026
She genuinely cares for her patients
Anonymous
October 2026
Too fast at what she was doing. It felt like I was in an assembly line. Look I know she is, busy but I didn't even ask why I was there. I asked her to clean my ears, she said; you don't need them clean, yes I do! I can feel when my ears are clogged.
Anonymous
October 2026
Dr. Abboud had the best bedside manner ever. She was very professional and caring and took her time with me explaining everything very clearly.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Abboud is a Penn Medicine provider.

Qualifications and experience

All conditions and treatments

Research

Publications

Bunya VY, Xu Y, Iacobucci E, Massaro-Giordano M, Liu T, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Bhutani ML, Gonzales JA, BAer AN, Vivino FB, Ying G. Prospective Validation of a New Model to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Disease , International Symposium Sjogren's Disease (ISSjD): 2026


Bunya VY, Xu Y, Akpek E, Iacobucci E, Massaro-Giordano M, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Bhutani D, Liu T, Guo L, Gonzales JA, Baer AN, Vivino FB, Ying G. Prospective Validation of a Prediction Model to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Disease. , American Academy of Ophthalmology: 2026


Bunya VY, Xu Y, Akpek E, Iacobucci E, Massaro-Giordan M, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Bhutani D, Liu T, Guo L, Gonzales J, Baer AN, Vivino FB, Ying G. Prospective Validation of a Prediction Model to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Disease , The Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO): 2026


Hsu D, Yu Y, Akpek E, Guo L, Massaro-Giordano M, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Baer A, Ying GS, Bunya VY. Increased Prevalence of Novel Antibodies in Sjogren's Patients Compared to Non-Sjogren's Dry Eye Patients , Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting: 2023


Bunya VY, Bhutani D, Iacobucci E, Zhang L, Vivino F, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Massaro-Giordano M, Ying GS. Validation of a New Questionnaire to Screen Dry Eye PAtients for Sjogren's Syndrome: Preliminary Findings , World Cornea Congress, Poster Presentation: 2022


Bunya VY, Bhutani D, Iacobucci E, Zhang L, Vivino F, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Massaro-Giordano M, Ying GS. Validation of a New Questionnaire to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Disease: Preliminary Findings , Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium: 2022


Johnson K, Ying GS, Giron A, Vivino FB, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Massaro-Giordano M, Bunya VY Assessment of the Inclusion of Novel Autoantibodies into a Prediction Model to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Syndrome: Preliminary Findings, Amelia Island, FL , Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium: 2021


Kennedy NJ, Gui-Shuang Y, Alexis G, Vivino F, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Massaro-Giordano M, Bnya VY Assessment of the Inclusion of Novel Autoantibodies into a Prediction Model to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Syndrome: Preliminary Findings , Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 62(8): 2021,1221


Johnson K, Ying GS, Giron A, Vivino FB, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Massaro-Giordano M, Bunya VY Assessment of the Inclusion of Novel Autoantibodies into a Prediction Model to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Syndrome: Preliminary Findings, San Francisco, CA , Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA: 2021


Johnson K, Ying GS, Lilley J, Vivino FB, Abboud SK, Fogt F, Massaro-Giordano M, Bunya VY Validation of a New Questionnaire to Screen Dry Eye Patients for Sjogren's Syndrome: Preliminary Findings, Baltimore, MD , Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology: 2020