Abdallahsassine Geara, MD
Nephrology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1629223045
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $192,170 of the $225,241 with a category attached, or 85.3%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 24.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $85,586, more than ten times the $1,400 reported in 2020. Among nephrology clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 172 payments — averaging $1309.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$56K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$38K
- Novartis$35K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$19K
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$19K
- Amgen$19K
- plus $38K from 10 others
Across 115 payments — averaging $8983.79 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$805K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$228K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$192,17085%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,7205%
- Travel & lodging$7,5483%
- Food & beverage$4,6772%
- Other$9,1254%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 20 | $55,899 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 48 | $38,285 |
| Novartis | 27 | $34,808 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 16 | $19,477 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 10 | $19,323 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 19 | $19,198 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 7 | $12,045 |
| Kaneka Medical America LLC | 1 | $9,125 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 11 | $7,846 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $4,539 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $3,330 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $400 |
| ZOLL Medical Corporation | 1 | $307 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 1 | $280 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Vertex | 1 | $180 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$225,241 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 586 nephrology providers in Pennsylvania.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| CrysvitaBurosumab-Twza | 11 | $137,777 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 41 | $44,602 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 13 | $28,747 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 14 | $20,421 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 23 | $4,628 |
| Tacrolimus | 13 | $2,784 |
| Valsartan | 85 | $2,782 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 54 | $2,172 |
| Bumetanide | 57 | $1,916 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 22 | $1,907 |
| Losartan Potassium | 85 | $999 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 51 | $886 |
| Torsemide | 55 | $805 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 29 | $777 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 58 | $710 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $4,539 | $44,60241 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 586 nephrology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other nephrology in Philadelphia
- Rakesh GulatiPhiladelphia$657K
- Raymond TownsendPhiladelphia$357K
- Ellie KelepourisPhiladelphia$287K
- Katalin SusztakPhiladelphia$192K
- Debbie Cohen SteinPhiladelphia$112K
- Laura DemberPhiladelphia$110K
- Jonathan HoganPhiladelphia$100K
- Michael YoslovPhiladelphia$79K
- Michael LevinPhiladelphia$55K
- Gaia MuallemPhiladelphia$54K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.