Dr. Maher El Chaar, MD

Dr. El Chaar practices at Allentown Campus - Interventional Radiology Unit - HOPD in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Dr. El Chaar's NPI, 1891986717, was assigned on August 6, 2007. Dr. El Chaar holds Pennsylvania license MD433929.

Dr. El Chaar's primary practice is Allentown Campus - Interventional Radiology Unit - HOPD, at 1736 Hamilton St, Allentown, PA 18104.

Dr. El Chaar's primary practice is Allentown Campus - Interventional Radiology Unit - HOPD in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. El Chaar is also affiliated with St. Luke's University Hospital - Bethlehem Campus. The medical group on file is St. Luke's South Mountain Family Practice. Dmand AI also links Dr. El Chaar to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. El Chaar practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. El Chaar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. El Chaar's licenses on file in 3 states: Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and North Carolina.

CMS data shows 239 Medicare services from Dr. El Chaar across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 120 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,784 for them.

CMS counts 120 Medicare patients who saw Dr. El Chaar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 61 patients. 74% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.43, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. El Chaar's median patient age at 53, with 83% women.

In 2022, Dr. El Chaar wrote 13 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $128 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 25 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. El Chaar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. El Chaar as offering telehealth. CMS counts 55 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. El Chaar, more than 65% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 35 papers to Dr. El Chaar, published from 2015 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 9. The most frequent topics are Obesity, Morbid, Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopy. Dr. El Chaar has published most often in Surg Obes Relat Dis. Dr. El Chaar's most frequent co-authors are Leonardo Claros, MD, Ann Marie Rogers, MD and Peter William Lundberg, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 849 general payments to Dr. El Chaar from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $654,529.