Selasie Quarm Goka, MD

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
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Buerger Center 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155902449
Fax: 2155903705
Fax: 2155903705
Email:
gokas@chop.edu
gokas@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
BA (Biological Chemistry)
Wellesley College, 2008.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 2014.
Permanent linkBA (Biological Chemistry)
Wellesley College, 2008.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 2014.
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.