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
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-496-3259
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
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, Copelovitch L: Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Stone Disease. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 32(2): 295-299, April 2020.
Goka SQ, Copelovitch L and Levy-Erez D: "Description of Alport disease in female children and adolescents" Poster presentation American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week Washington DC Nov 2019.
Goka SQ and Pradhan M: "Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder in a Pediatric Transplant Patient" Poster presentation at HUP/CHOP Research Day Philadelphia, PA May 2019.
Goka SQ and Pradhan M: Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder in a Pediatric Transplant Patient Poster presentation at Renal Research Institute New Orleans, LA Jan 2019.
Goka SQ, Larosa CJ and Zaritsky JJ: "Is Urea Effective in the Management of Oxcarbazepine-induced Hyponatremia?" Poster presentation American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week New Orleans, LA Nov 2017.
Goka S, Zaritsky JJ: "Do Genetic Defects in Complement Regulation Underlie Invasive S.pneumoniae-associated HUS?" Poster presentation American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week Chicago, Illinois Nov 2016.
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.