Penn Medicine Provider
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Simin Goral, MD
5.0
(118)
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About me

  • Director, Polycystic Kidney Disease Clinic
  • Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Istanbul
  • Residency: Augenklinik Universitat Munchen
  • Residency: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
  • Residency: University of Istanbul
  • Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

118 reviews

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May 2025
5.0
5.0
exceptional physician
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr goral is a most competent nephrologist, but she also interfaces with my other specialists, and constantly assesses my overall progress, not just my kidney.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
doctor goral is a wonderful healthcare provider. every visit we review health updates, discuss all labs and tests, and she provides an update on the latest research.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr goral is a wonderful dr - she listens, communicates well, and makes herself available.

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Goral is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Goral S, Prak EL, Kearns J, Bloom R, Pierce E, Doyle A, Grossman R, Naji A, Kamoun M. Preformed Donor-Directed Anti-HLA-DP Antibodies May Be an Impediment to Successful Kidney Transplantation. , Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation , 23(1): 2008,390-392

Trofe-Clark J, Reese PP, Patel HJ, Jakobowski D, Goral S, Doll SL, Abt PL, Bloom RD. Efficacy and safety of extended-duration inpatient-to-outpatient rabbit antithymocyte globulin induction in de novo kidney transplant recipients: 6-month outcomes. , Transplantation, 94(5): 2012,506-12

Karuturi M, Shah N, Frank D, Fasan O, Reshef R, Ahya VN, Bromberg M, Faust T, Goral S, Schuster SJ, Stadtmauer EA, Tsai DE. Plasmacytic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder: a case series of nine patients. , Transpl Int. Jun;26(6):616-22 : 2013,616-622

Goral S, Brukamp K, Ticehurst EH, Abt PL, Bloom RD, Kearns J, Constantinescu S, Kamoun M, Tomaszewski J. Transplant nephrectomy: histologic findings—a single center study. , American Journal of Nephrology, 40(5): 2014,491-8

Sawinski D, Forde KA, Trofe-Clark J, Patel P, Olivera B, Goral S, Bloom RD. Persistent BK viremia does not increase intermediate-term graft loss but is associated with de novo donor-specific antibodies. , J Am Soc Nephrol (JASN), 26(4): 2015,966-75

Van Buren PN, Lewis JB, Dwyer JP, Greene T, Middleton J, Sika M, Umanath K, Abraham JD, Arfeen SS, Bowline IG, Chernin G, Fadem SZ, Goral S, Koury M, Sinsakul MV, Weiner DE; Collaborative Study Group. The Phosphate Binder Ferric Citrate and Mineral Metabolism and Inflammatory Markers in Maintenance Dialysis Patients: Results From Prespecified Analyses of a Randomized Clinical Trial. , American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 66(3): 2015,479-88

Sawinski D, Kaur N, Lim MA, Forde K, Goral S, Bloom R. "Successful treatment of hepatitis c in renal transplant recipients with direct-acting antiviral agents" , American Journal of Transplantation, 16(5): 2016,1588-95

Jalal D, McFadden M, Dwyer JP, Umanath K, Aguilar E, Yagil Y, Greco B, Sika M, Lewis JB, Greene T, Goral S. Adherence rates to ferric citrate as compared to active control in patients with end stage kidney disease on dialysis. , Hemodialysis International , 21(2): 2017,243-249

Sawinsky, D, Goral S. BK Infection: an Update on Diagnosis and Treatment , Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, 30(2): 2015,209-17

Sever, MS, Goral, S. Kidney transplantation due to medical urgency: time for reconsideration? , Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 31(9): 2016,1376-7