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Research interests
Dr. Umar Farooq's primary areas of research interest have included the role of novel drug therapies in slowing the progression of diabetic nephropathy and cardiovascular disease in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Other areas of interest are renal outcomes of kidney transplantation, membranous nephropathy, and resistant hypertension.
Dr. Farooq is the principal investigator of clinical trials involving diabetic nephropathy and renal denervation for resistant hypertension and of drug trials to manage membranous nephropathy.
Teaching and educational interests
Dr. Umar Farooq is involved in medical student, resident, fellow and faculty education. He serves as core clinical faculty for the Nephrology Fellowship and previously served as associate program director for fellowship training and divisional director for both medical student clerkship and medicine resident clinical rotations.
He is actively involved in organizing the annual continuing medical education Kidney Updates event.
Clinical interests
Dr. Umar Farooq's clinical activities are focused on chronic kidney diseases, home dialysis, glomerulonephritis, living donation and resistant hypertension.
Dr. Farooq serves as associate chief medical officer for the academic practice division of Penn State Health.
Professional information
Interim Chief Medical Officer, Penn State Health
Member, International Society of Nephrology, 2016 to present
Member, International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis, 2016 to present
Member, American Society of Hypertension, 2013 to present
Board-certified in clinical hypertension, American Society of Hypertension, 2013
Board-certified in nephrology, American Board of Nephrology, 2010
Board-certified in internal medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008 (recertified in 2018)
Fellow, American Society of Nephrology
Education/Academic qualification
Leadership Academy Participant, The Pennsylvania State University
… → 2019
Junior Faculty Development Program Participant, Penn State College of Medicine
… → 2013
Public Health Sciences, MS, Penn State College of Medicine
… → 2011
Nephrology, Fellowship, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
… → 2010
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
… → 2008
Thoracic Surgery, Senior House Officer, Mayo Hospital Lahore
… → 2003
Medicine, House Officer, Mayo Hospital Lahore
… → 2002
MBBS, King Edward Medical University Lahore
… → 2001
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Lymphoma Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Human Cancer
Weiner, G. J. (PI), Ballas, Z. K. (CoPI), Bishop, G. A. (CoPI), Cerhan, J. R. (CoPI), Dogan, A. (CoPI), Farooq, U. (CoPI), Feldman, A. L. (CoPI), Gupta, M. (CoPI), Habermann, T. M. (CoPI), Hohl, R. (CoPI), Houtman, J. C. D. (CoPI), Juweid, M. E. (CoPI), Kaufmann, S. H. (CoPI), Lentz, S. R. (CoPI), Link, B. K. (CoPI), Macon, W. R. (CoPI), Ratliff, T. L. (CoPI), Smith, B. J. (CoPI), Ansell, S. M. (CoPI), Syrbu, S. (CoPI), Geyer, S. S. M. (CoPI) & Ansell, S. S. M. (CoPI)
9/11/02 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
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Evaluating Hospital Course Summarization by an Electronic Health Record-Based Large Language Model
Small, W. R., Austrian, J., O’Donnell, L., Burk-Rafel, J., Hochman, K. A., Goodman, A., Zaretsky, J., Martin, J., Johnson, S., Major, V. J., Jones, S., Henke, C., Verplanke, B., Osso, J., Larson, I., Saxena, A., Mednick, A., Simonis, C., Han, J. & Kesari, R. & 11 others, , Aug 2025, In: JAMA network open. 8, 8, e2526339.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Incidence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Impact of Tacrolimus-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Matarneh, A., Sardar, S., Salameh, O., Cruise, J., Miller, R., Karasinski, A., Shah, V., Verma, N., Kaur, G., Trivedi, N., Farooq, U. & Ghahramani, N., Oct 2025, In: Transplantation proceedings. 57, 8, p. 1464-1471 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prospective Comparison of Urinary Measured Creatinine Clearance With eGFR and Cystatin C Based Cis-eGFR, Including Kinetic eGFR in the Immediate Post-transplant Period With Prompt Allograft Function
Jain, A., Farooq, U., Ghahramani, N., Daoud, D., Swartz, E., Hamilton, C., Sadr, A. V. & Butler, T., Jul 2024, In: Transplantation proceedings. 56, 6, p. 1319-1326 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plasmapheresis Decreases Belatacept Exposure: Requires Consideration for Dose and Frequency Adjustments
Jain, A., Xu, R., Venkataramanan, R., Farooq, U., Butt, F., Ghahramani, N. & Kadry, Z., Oct 1 2021, In: Transplantation. 105, 10, p. E152-E153Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Telehealth offers opportunities in the COVID-19 pandemic
Spatz, C., Ahmed, W. & Farooq, U., Jul 2020, In: Nephrology news & issues.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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HCAHPS Dean's List for Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction
Ghahramani, N. (Recipient) & Farooq, U. (Recipient), 2012
Prize