Simin Goral, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Business Address:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
1 Founders
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-3460
Fax: 215-349-5703
Email: gorals@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
Medical: University of Instanbul, Instanbul, Turkey
Internship: Augenklinik Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
Residency: University of Instanbul, Instanbul, Turkey
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Board Certification: Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Research Interests:
Kidney transplantation (Recurrent GN after transplant, especially lupus nephritis, cardiovascular diseases in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients), polycystic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy
Selected References:
Ramanathan V, Goral S, Tanriover B, Feurer I, Kazancioglu R, Shaffer D, Helderman JH. Screening asymptomatic diabetic patients for coronary artery disease prior to renal transplantation. Transplantation May 27;79(10):1453-8. 2005
Goral S, Ynares C, Shappel S, Snyder S, Feurer I, Kazancioglu R, Fogo A, Helderman JH. Recurrent lupus nephritis in renal transplant recipients: It is not rare. Transplantation Mar 15;75(5):651-656, 2003
Weng F, Goral S. Recurrence of lupus nephritis after renal transplantation: if we look for it, will we find it? Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology, 2005 December 1;2: 62-63.