Selasie Quarm Goka, MD

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Attending Physician, Divsion of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5WA Inpatient Medical Director , Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Lead of CHOP- Ghana Collaboration- Global Health, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Resident Education Liaison for Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Buerger Center 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155902449
Fax: 2155903705
Education:
BA (Biological Chemistry)
Wellesley College, 2008.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 2014.
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Selected Publications

Jennifer L Hewlett, Selasie Goka, Uche Nwaogazie, Rachel Finkel, Lauren Galea , Sonya Lopez, Benjamin Laskin, Christopher LaRosa, Kevin J Downes, Sandra Amaral, Jonathan D Savant, Bernarda Viteri : A Case Report of Successful Use of Phenytoin/Fosphenytoin in a Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipient With Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir-Induced Tacrolimus Allograft Injury. Pediatric Transplantation 2025.

McCulloch MI, Adabayeri VM, Goka S, Khumalo TS, Lala N, Leahy S, Ngubane-Mwandla N, Nourse PJ, Nyann BI, Petersen KL, Levy CS.: Perspectives: Neonatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Front Pediatr 10(1): 870497, Aug 2022.

Goka, S.Q. and Laskin, B: Infections of the Urinary Tract, Netter’s Pediatrics Second Edition 2022.

Goka S.Q and Clark, S. : Neonatal Kidney Conditions. Cloherty and Stark’s Manual of Neonatal Care, 9th edition 2022.

Goka S.Q and Clark, S. : Fluids and Electrolytes. The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics, 3ed 2021.

Selasie Goka, Lawrence Copelovitch, Daniella Levy Erez: Long-term outcome among females with Alport syndrome from a single pediatric center. Pediatric Nephrology 2021.

Selasie Q Goka, Lawrence Copelovitch : Medical Expulsive Therapy for Urinary Stone Disease in Children. Indian Pediatr. 57(10): 940-943, October 2020.

Goka S, Copelovitch L: Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Stone Disease. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 32(2): 295-299, April 2020.

Kim M, Song L, Moon J, Sun ZY, Bershteyn A, Hanson M, Cain D, Goka S, Kelsoe G, Wagner G, Irvine D, Reinherz EL: Immunogenicity of Membrane-bound HIV-1 gp41 membrane-proximal external region (MPER) segments is dominated by residue accessibility and modulated by stereochemistry. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 288(44): 31888-31901, Nov 2013.

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