Dr. Georges Nakhoul, MD
Not yet claimedNephrologist, Hypertension specialist · Physician (MD)
Cleveland, OH
Georges Nakhoul is reported to be a kidney doctor at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. His listed interests include kidney disease and high blood pressure.
About Dr. Georges Nakhoul, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Georges Nakhoul is a kidney doctor (nephrologist) at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. His listed specialties include nephrology and glomerular diseases, which are conditions that affect the filtering units of the kidney. He sees patients at Cleveland Clinic's main campus on Euclid Avenue and at a location in Bedford, Ohio, and telehealth is offered.
He did both his internal medicine residency (2010-2013) and his nephrology fellowship (2013-2015) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He now helps train new kidney doctors as Associate Program Director of Cleveland Clinic's nephrology fellowship, and he is listed as an Associate Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. A 2020 listing named him Director of the Center for Chronic Kidney Disease at Cleveland Clinic.
He writes and publishes often. His ResearchGate profile lists 37 publications cited 569 times. His review articles in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine cover topics such as contrast dye in people with kidney disease, how removing the race coefficient from kidney function (GFR) equations affects Black patients, cystatin C testing, and complement inhibition. He has also been a co-author on multicenter research, including a 2025 study of avacopan for ANCA-associated vasculitis with kidney involvement.
Federal Open Payments records for 2021-2025 show $255,201.50 in industry payments across 247 records, with the largest amounts from Amgen ($130,107.05), GlaxoSmithKline ($53,670.53), and Novo Nordisk ($42,350.42). Payments from drug and device companies are common, legal, and publicly reported; they do not by themselves indicate a problem.
- Cleveland Clinic nephrologist
- His Cleveland Clinic provider profile lists specialties in nephrology and glomerular diseases in Cleveland, Ohio. providers.clevelandclinic.org
- Trained at Cleveland Clinic
- He completed internal medicine residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2010-2013) and a nephrology fellowship there (2013-2015). doximity.com
- Teaches kidney fellows
- He is listed as Associate Program Director of Cleveland Clinic's two-year ACGME-accredited nephrology fellowship, which takes five fellows per class. my.clevelandclinic.org
- Chronic kidney disease center director
- A 2020 journal listing described him as Director of the Center for Chronic Kidney Disease in Cleveland Clinic's Department of Nephrology and Hypertension. ccjm.org
- Medical school in Beirut
- He graduated from Universite Saint-Joseph Faculte de Medecine in 2009. doctor.webmd.com
- Published author
- His ResearchGate profile lists 37 publications with 569 citations, tied to Cleveland Clinic's Department of Nephrology and Hypertension. researchgate.net
- Writes on kidney function testing
- He co-wrote reviews on the new GFR equations and the race coefficient, and on the role of cystatin C in estimating kidney function and dosing medicines. ccjm.org
- Vasculitis research co-author
- He was a co-author on a 2025 multicenter study in Kidney International Reports on avacopan treatment for ANCA-associated vasculitis with kidney involvement. som.cuanschutz.edu
- Where he practices
- Listings show practice at 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, and 5035 Richmond Rd, Bedford, Ohio, with telehealth offered and new patients accepted. data.cms.gov
- Industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments records for 2021-2025 total $255,201.50 across 247 records, led by Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, and Novo Nordisk. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- Directory listings disagree about where he went to medical school. WebMD and Doximity list Universite Saint-Joseph in Beirut, while Healthgrades lists a different school. Directory databases often contain errors. healthgrades.com
- Board certification details could not be confirmed in the sources reviewed. Patients can verify certification directly at certificationmatters.org. certificationmatters.org
- Open Payments records for 2021-2025 show $255,201.50 in industry payments across 247 records. Such payments are common and legal, and patients may wish to review the public record themselves. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
- An X (Twitter) account under his name, @NakhoulGN, exists, but it could not be confirmed that the physician operates it. x.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal 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
$255,202
247 payments
| 2021 | $3,300 |
| 2022 | $31,701 |
| 2023 | $71,244 |
| 2024 | $53,101 |
| 2025 | $95,856 |
Top payers
- Amgen Inc.$130,107
- GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.$53,671
- Novo Nordisk Inc$42,350
- Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.$8,057
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$6,287
Payment types
- Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$118,517
- Consulting Fee$87,418
- Travel and Lodging$34,005
- Honoraria$9,600
- Food and Beverage$5,565
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.
Sources: providers.clevelandclinic.org · doximity.com · doctor.webmd.com · healthgrades.com · my.clevelandclinic.org · ccjm.org · ccjm.org · ccjm.org. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
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Practice location
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
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