Dr. Simin Goral MD
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Areas of Expertise for Dr. Goral
This doctor provides the following types of care. The more often a doctor has treated a particular condition or has performed a particular surgery, the more expertise they may have in treating patients with similar needs. Based on three years (2020-2022) of Medicare data, each scale below indicates the volume of episodes compared to other doctors who treat the same condition. Click here to learn more about our methodology.
Chronic kidney diseaseChronic kidney disease is a condition where your kidneys gradually lose their ability to filter waste and fluid from your blood.
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Chronic anemiaChronic anemia is a condition where you don't have enough healthy red blood cells in your body. This can make you feel tired and weak.
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Location & Contact Information
Doctor Address
3400 Spruce St, One Founders, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
(215) 662-2638Affiliated Hospitals
Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian
Where does Dr. Goral practice?
Doctor’s Office
University Of Penn - Medical Group
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Hospital Affiliations
Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn PresbyterianPhiladelphia, PA
Best Hospitals Honor Roll
#1 in Pennsylvania
High Performing in Kidney Failure
Education & Experience
Medical School & Residency
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship, Nephrology, 1993-1996
Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine
Medical School
Certifications & Licensure
American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified in Nephrology
GA State Medical License
Active through 2003
PA State Medical License
Active through 2024
TN State Medical License
Active through 2007
NJ State Medical License
Active through 2025
Awards, Honors & Recognitions
CMS Stage 1 EHR, 2012
CMS Stage 1 EHR, 2013
Super Doc
Publications
Renal transplantation.
Ramanathan, V., Goral, S., Helderman, J. H.
Reproduction and transplantation: report on the AST Consensus Conference on Reproductive Issues and Transplantation.
McKay, D. B., Josephson, M. A., Armenti, V. T., August, P., Coscia, L. A., Davis, C. L., Davison, J. M., Easterling, T., Friedman, J. E., Hou, S., Karlix, J., Lake, K. D., Lindheimer, M., Matas, A. J., Moritz, M. J., Riely, C. A., Ross, L. F., Scott, J. R., Wagoner, L. E., Wrenshall, L., Adams, P. L., Bumgardner, G. L., Fine, R. N., Goral, S., Krams, S. M., Martinez, O. M., Tolkoff-Rubin, N., Pavlakis, M., Scantlebury, V.
Detection of Rochalimaea henselae DNA in specimens from cat scratch disease patients by PCR.
Anderson, B., Sims, K., Regnery, R., Robinson, L., Schmidt, M. J., Goral, S., Hager, C., Edwards, K.
Acute renal failure due to sulfinpyrazone.
Walls, M., Goral, S., Stone, W.
Association of Recipient APOL1 Kidney Risk Alleles With Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Neil Roy, M Catalina Morales-Alvarez, Karim H Anis, Simin Goral, Cataldo Doria, Jeffrey B Kopp, Cheryl A Winkler, Rui Feng, Sylvia E Rosas
Changes in Body Composition, Muscle Strength, and Fat Distribution Following Kidney Transplantation
Thomas Dienemann, Susan L. Ziolkowski, Shaun Bender, Simin Goral, Jin Long, Joshua F. Baker, Justine Shults, Babette S. Zemel, Peter P. Reese, F. Perry Wilson, Mary B. Leonard
Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Assess CKD.
Nathaniel Reisinger, Abhilash Koratala, Simin Goral
Current state of kidney transplantation in patients with HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B infection.
Deirdre Sawinski, Tiffany Wong, Simin Goral
Initial Skin Cancer Screening for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in the United States: Delphi Method Development of Expert Consensus Guidelines
Lauren D. Crow, Anokhi Jambusaria-Pahlajani, Christina L. Chung, David A. Baran, Stefan E. Lowenstein, Mark Abdelmalek, Rehana L. Ahmed, Milan J. Anadkat, Selim M. Arcasoy, Daniel Berg, Kristin Bibee, Elizabeth M. Billingsley, William Black, Travis W. Blalock, Melissa Bleicher, Daniel C. Brennan, David G. Brodland, Mariah Brown, Bryan T. Carroll, John A. Carucci, Timothy W. Chang, George Chaux, Carrie Ann Cusack, Daniel F. Dilling, Alden M. Doyle, A. Emtiazjoo, Nkanyezi H. Ferguson, Scott W. Fosko, Matthew C. Fox, Simin Goral, Alice L. Gray, John R. Griffin, Ramsey R. Hachem, Shelley A. Hall, Allison Hanlon, Don Hayes, Gavin Hickey, Jonathan E. Holtz, Robert Samuel Hopkins, Jenny Hu, Conway C. Huang, Shang I Brian Jiang, Siddhartha G. Kapnadak, Edward S. Kraus, Erika D. Lease, Nicolae Leca, James C. Lee, Justin J. Leitenberger, Mary Ann Lim, Maria Isabel Longo, Shahid M. Malik, Jorge M. Mallea, Alan Menter, Sarah A. Myers, Marcy Neuburg, Rajiv I. Nijhawan, Douglas J. Norman, Clark C. Otley, So Yeon Paek, Amit D. Parulekar, Manisha J. Patel, Vishal A. Patel, Timothy Patton, Melissa Pugliano-Mauro, Karthik Ranganna, Ashwin K. Ravichandran, Rachel Redenius, Garrett R. Roll, Faramarz H. Samie, Thuzar M. Shin, Jonathan P. Singer, Pooja Singh, Seaver L. Soon, Teresa Soriano, Ronald A. Squires, Thomas Stasko, Jennifer A. Stein, Sandra J. Taler, Norah A. Terrault, Christie P. Thomas, Sofya Tokman, Rade Tomic, Amanda R. Twigg, Mark Wigger, Nathalie C. Zeitouni, Sarah T. Arron
Lupus Nephritis and Kidney Transplantation: Where Are We Today?
Tiffany Wong, Simin Goral
Single-center, real-world experience with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for management of leukopenia following kidney transplantation.
Stephanie Hamel, Vicky Kuo, Deirdre Sawinski, David Johnson, Roy D. Bloom, Melissa Bleicher, Simin Goral, Mary Ann Lim, Jennifer Trofe-Clark
Bariatric surgery before and after kidney transplantation: long-term weight loss and allograft outcomes
Jordana B. Cohen, Mary Ann Lim, Colleen Tewksbury, Samuel Torres-Landa, Jennifer Trofe-Clark, Peter L. Abt, Noel N. Williams, Kristoffel R. Dumon, Simin Goral
Safety and Feasibility of Outpatient Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy Administration in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Alexandra N. Varga, David Johnson, Deirdre Sawinski, Mary Ann Lim, Roy D. Bloom, Peter L. Abt, Simin Goral, Melissa Bleicher, Matthew H. Levine, Ali Naji, Susanna M. Nazarian, Paige M. Porrett, Jennifer Trofe-Clark
Adherence rates to ferric citrate as compared to active control in patients with end stage kidney disease on dialysis
Diana Jalal, Molly McFadden, Jamie P. Dwyer, Kausik Umanath, Erwin A. Aguilar, Yoram Yagil, Barbara A. Greco, Mohammed Sika, Julia B. Lewis, Tom Greene, Simin Goral
Kidney transplantation due to medical urgency: time for reconsideration?
Mehmet Sukru Sever, Simin Goral
Successful Treatment of Hepatitis C in Renal Transplant Recipients With Direct‐Acting Antiviral Agents
Deirdre Sawinski, N. Kaur, A. Ajeti, Jennifer Trofe-Clark, Mary Ann Lim, Melissa Bleicher, Simin Goral, Kimberly A. Forde, Roy D. Bloom
The Phosphate Binder Ferric Citrate and Mineral Metabolism and Inflammatory Markers in Maintenance Dialysis Patients: Results From Prespecified Analyses of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Peter N. Van Buren, Julia B. Lewis, Jamie P. Dwyer, Tom Greene, John P. Middleton, Mohammed Sika, Kausik Umanath, Josephine Abraham, Shahabul S. Arfeen, Isai G. Bowline, Gil Chernin, Stephen Z. Fadem, Simin Goral, Mark J. Koury, Marvin Sinsakul, Daniel E. Weiner
Persistent BK Viremia Does Not Increase Intermediate-Term Graft Loss but Is Associated with De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies
Deirdre Sawinski, Kimberly A. Forde, Jennifer Trofe-Clark, Priyanka Patel, Beatriz Olivera, Simin Goral, Roy D. Bloom
BK virus infection: an update on diagnosis and treatment
Deirdre Sawinski, Simin Goral
Transplant nephrectomy: histologic findings—a single center study.
Simin Goral, Kirsten Brukamp, Erin H. Ticehurst, Peter L. Abt, Roy D. Bloom, Jane Kearns, Serban Constantinescu, Malek Kamoun, John E. Tomaszewski
Plasmacytic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder: a case series of nine patients.
Meghan Karuturi, Nirav N. Shah, Dale Frank, Omotayo Fasan, Ran Reshef, Vivek N. Ahya, Michael Bromberg, Thomas W. Faust, Simin Goral, Stephen J. Schuster, Edward A. Stadtmauer, Donald E. Tsai
Elevated serum creatinine in a kidney transplant recipient: unusual suspect.
Zelal Adibelli, Edward Woo, Peter L. Abt, Simin Goral
Efficacy and safety of extended-duration inpatient-to-outpatient rabbit antithymocyte globulin induction in de novo kidney transplant recipients: 6-month outcomes.
Jennifer Trofe-Clark, Peter P. Reese, Hina J. Patel, Diane Jakobowski, Simin Goral, Stacey L. Doll, Peter L. Abt, Roy D. Bloom
Changes in vitamin D binding protein and vitamin D concentrations associated with liver transplantation
Peter P. Reese, Roy D. Bloom, Harold I. Feldman, Ari Huverserian, Arwin Thomasson, Justine Shults, Takayuki Hamano, Simin Goral, Abraham Shaked, Kimberly Olthoff, Michael R. Rickels, Melissa Bleicher, Mary B. Leonard
The Influence of Induction Therapy for Kidney Transplantation after a Non-Renal Transplant
James Cassuto, Matthew H. Levine, Peter P. Reese, Roy D. Bloom, Simin Goral, Ali Naji, Peter L. Abt
Age, exclusion criteria, and generalizability of randomized trials enrolling kidney transplant recipients.
Christopher D. Blosser, Ari Huverserian, Roy D. Bloom, Peter D. Abt, Simin Goral, Arwin Thomasson, Justine Shults, Peter P. Reese
Reduction of Immunosuppression as Initial Therapy for Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Ran Reshef, Saran Vardhanabhuti, Marlise R. Luskin, Daniel F. Heitjan, Denis Hadjiliadis, Simin Goral, Karen L. Krok, Lee R. Goldberg, David L. Porter, Edward A. Stadtmauer, Donald E. Tsai
Kidney transplantation in patients with a prior heart transplant.
James Cassuto, Peter P. Reese, Roy D. Bloom, Alden Doyle, Simin Goral, Ali Naji, Peter L. Abt
Kidney transplantation at the University of Pennsylvania: 1998-2008.
Paige M. Porrett, Malek Kamoun, Ronald F. Parsons, Roy D. Bloom, Simin Goral, Peter P. Reese, Robert I. Grossman, Jorge Baluarte, Melissa Bleicher, Alden Doyle, James F. Markmann, Matthew H. Levine, Clyde F. Barker, Kim M. Olthoff, Ali Naji, Abraham Shaked, Peter L. Abt
Aortic calcification predicts cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in renal transplantation
Stephanie DeLoach, Marshall M. Joffe, Xingchen Mai, Simin Goral, Sylvia E. Rosas
Preformed donor-directed anti-HLA-DP antibodies may be an impediment to successful kidney transplantation
Simin Goral, Eline T. Luning Prak, Jane Kearns, Roy D. Bloom, Erin Pierce, Alden Doyle, Robert I. Grossman, Ali Naji, Malek Kamoun
Rapidly reversible cardiogenic shock as a pheochromocytoma presentation.
Kirsten Brukamp, Simin Goral, Raymond R. Townsend, Frank E. Silvestry, Drew A. Torigian
Posttransplantation Anemia at 12 Months in Kidney Recipients Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil: Risk Factors and Implications for Mortality
Anikphe E. Imoagene-Oyedeji, Sylvia E. Rosas, Alden Doyle, Simin Goral, Roy D. Bloom
24-week oral ganciclovir prophylaxis in kidney recipients is associated with reduced symptomatic cytomegalovirus disease compared to a 12-week course.
Alden Doyle, Karen M Warburton, Simin Goral, Emily A. Blumberg, Robert A. Grossman, Roy D. Bloom
Macroscopic Hematuria in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Rare Cause
Glenn A. Ladinsky, Simin Goral
Experience with antibody-mediated rejection in kidney allograft recipients.
Erin Wade, Simin Goral, Jane Kearns, Erin Pierce, Jennifer Trofe, Roy D. Bloom, Malek Kamoun
Recurrence of lupus nephritis after renal transplantation: if we look for it, will we find it?
Francis L. Weng, Simin Goral
Complications Related to Dapsone Use for Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Ingi Lee, Todd D. Barton, Simin Goral, Alden Doyle, Roy D. Bloom, Donna Chojnowski, Kathleen Korenda, Emily A. Blumberg
Screening asymptomatic diabetic patients for coronary artery disease prior to renal transplantation
Venkataraman Ramanathan, Simin Goral, Bekir Tanriover, Irene D. Feurer, Rumeyza Kazancioglu, David Shaffer, J. Harold Helderman
A pilot protocol of a calcineurin-inhibitor free regimen for kidney transplant recipients of marginal donor kidneys or with delayed graft function.
David Shaffer, Anthony Langone, William Nylander, Simin Goral, A. Tarik Kizilisik, J. Harold Helderman
L-carnitine treatment of anemia
Thomas A. Golper, Simin Goral, Bryan N. Becker, Craig B. Langman
Recurrent lupus nephritis in renal transplant recipients revisited: it is not rare.
Simin Goral, Christina Ynares, Scott B. Shappell, Shannon Snyder, Irene D. Feurer, Rumeyza Kazancioglu, Agnes B. Fogo, J. Harold Helderman
A 50-year-old man with persistent renal allograft dysfunction.
Xochi Geiger, Ingrid J. Chang, Simin Goral, J. Harold Helderman, Agnes B. Fogo
Isolated pleural involvement by Cryptococcus in a kidney–pancreas transplant recipient
Venkataraman Ramanathan, Rumeyza Kazancioglu, Simin Goral, R. Stephen Dummer, J. Harold Helderman
A systematic examination of estimates of cyclosporine area under the curve in renal transplant recipients.
Rumeyza Kazancioglu, Simin Goral, Sl Shockley, Id Feurer, Ramanathan, Jh Helderman, D Vanburen
Gastrointestinal complications of transplant immunosuppression.
J. Harold Helderman, Simin Goral
An uncommon disease in a patient with a solitary kidney.
Michael Coleman, Robert G. Horn, Simin Goral
A 14-year-old boy with kidney allograft failure in the first month after transplantation.
Monica P. Revelo, Paisit Paueksakon, Simin Goral, Harold Helderman, Agnes B. Fogo
Is there hope to improve chronic renal allograft outcome
Simin Goral, J H Helderman
Transplantation for the millennium: attaining tolerance in our time--the Holy Grail.
Helderman Jh, Simin Goral
The allocation of cadaveric kidneys.
J H Helderman, Simin Goral
A middle-aged woman with refractory graft dysfunction in the early posttransplant period.
Xochi Geiger, Denise Harris, David H. Van Buren, Simin Goral, J. Harold Helderman, Agnes B. Fogo
Levocarnitine and muscle metabolism in patients with end-stage renal disease
Simin Goral
Monoclonal gammopathy in a type II diabetic: a case of determined significance.
Gritter Nj, Simin Goral, Agnes B. Fogo
Fever, thrombocytopenia, anasarca, and acute renal failure in a 50-year-old woman
Simin Goral, Robert G. Horn, J Brouillette, Agnes B. Fogo
Hepititis C and renal transplantation: The controversy continues
Simin Goral, J. Harold Helderman
Cyclosporin withdrawal: to be or not to be!
Helderman Jh, Simin Goral
Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Nonfunctioning Renal Allograft of a Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis
Simin Goral, William J. Stone
Long-term renal function in heart transplant recipients receiving cyclosporine therapy.
Simin Goral, C Ynares, Y Shyr, T K Yeoh, H K Johnson
Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in a renal allograft recipient
Simin Goral, Ray Felgar, Scott B. Shappell
The evolution and future of immunosuppression in renal transplantation.
Simin Goral, J H Helderman
Cat-scratch disease in a patient undergoing haemodialysis.
Simin Goral, M A Scott, S Dummer, G Miller, S Antony, J H Helderman
Acyclovir prophylaxis for cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk renal transplant recipients: is it effective?
Simin Goral, C Ynares, S Dummer, J H Helderman
A case of a lethal febrile illness in a renal transplant patient presenting after a dental visit
J H Helderman, M. Govani, T. McCurley, Simin Goral, Agnes B. Fogo
Serologic responses to Bartonella and Afipia antigens in patients with cat scratch disease.
Cynthia M. Szelc-Kelly, Simin Goral, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, Bradley A. Perkins, Russell L. Regnery, Kathryn M. Edwards
Update in transplantation 1995.
J H Helderman, Simin Goral
Detection of Rochalimaea henselae DNA by polymerase chain reaction from suppurative nodes of children with cat-scratch disease.
Simin Goral, Burt E. Anderson, Cynthia C. Hager, Kathryn M. Edwards
Cytomegalovirus and rejection.
Simin Goral, J H Helderman
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