Scholars@Duke
Goni Katz-Greenberg

Goni Katz-Greenberg

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology

Selected Publications

Off-label use of alemtuzumab, belatacept, and rapamycin in kidney transplantation-Long-term real-world experience.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · January 2026 Conventional immunosuppressive regimens in kidney transplantation continue to pose significant challenges, largely due to their reliance on calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) and corticosteroids. These challenges have driven the search for alternative regimens ... Full text Link to item Cite

De novo donor specific antibody (dnDSA) development with tacrolimus versus Belatacept based regimens in kidney transplant recipients.

Journal Article Transpl Immunol · December 2025 PURPOSE: Belatacept has been associated with less de novo specific antibody (dnDSA) development, but few publications have compared the incidence of dnDSA development between tacrolimus and belatacept-based immunosuppression regimens. The purpose of this s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pregnancy After Solid Organ Transplantation: Review of the Evidence and Recommendations.

Journal Article Transplantation · September 1, 2025 Solid organ transplantation (SOT) offers people with end-stage organ disease an increased quality of life, which includes the return of fertility and the potential for pregnancy. Although the number of pregnancies has increased, definitive recommendations ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hepatitis B Virus NAT Positive Donors in Non-Hepatic Organ Transplant: Quantifying Viral Loads to Optimize Recipient Risk Stratification and Management in the Prevention of Donor-Derived Infection.

Journal Article Clin Transplant · July 2025 Transplantation is one of the few life-saving therapies for patients with end-stage organ disease, yet organ availability remains restrictive. Expanding donors to include those with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, incorporating HBV nucleic acid amplific ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pregnancy After Solid Organ Transplantation: Review of the Evidence and Recommendations.

Journal Article Transplantation · March 13, 2025 Solid organ transplantation (SOT) offers people with end-stage organ disease an increased quality of life, which includes the return of fertility and the potential for pregnancy. Although the number of pregnancies has increased, definitive recommendations ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ensuring equity in psychosocial risk assessment for solid organ transplantation: a review.

Journal Article Curr Opin Organ Transplant · February 1, 2025 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes the different instruments for evaluating the psychosocial health of transplant candidates, the evidence demonstrating how these instruments relate to probability of transplant waitlisting and transplant outcomes, a ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Reducing Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation Regional Study: A Randomized Trial in the Southeastern United States.

Journal Article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · December 13, 2024 KEY POINTS: Declines in referral mirror national trends; however, declines were less for some groups receiving the intervention, warranting long-term follow-up. The findings provide important context for future modification and scale-up of multilevel, mult ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of Tacrolimus Concentrations and Clinical Outcomes Between Extended and Immediate Release Formulations in Kidney Transplant.

Journal Article J Pharm Pract · December 2024 Objectives: Tacrolimus remains the mainstay of immunosuppression in kidney transplantation. Understanding the relationship between therapeutic tacrolimus levels and outcomes of acute rejection, patient/graft survival, and tolerability are important. The re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Living Donation and Pregnancy-Related Complications: State of the Evidence and Call To Action for Improved Risk Assessment.

Journal Article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · December 1, 2024 Living kidney donation and living liver donation significantly increases organ supply to make lifesaving transplants possible, offering survival benefits to the recipients and cost savings to society. Of all living donors, 40% are women of childbearing age ... Full text Link to item Cite

Incidence of opportunistic viral infections in hepatitis C virus nucleic acid test negative recipients of kidneys from hepatitis C virus nucleic acid test positive donors.

Journal Article Transpl Infect Dis · October 2024 BACKGROUND: In kidney transplantation, concerns have been raised regarding increased incidence of viral opportunistic infections in hepatitis C virus (HCV) nucleic acid test (NAT)-negative (-) recipients who received HCV NAT-positive (+) donor kidneys, spe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Living Donation and Pregnancy-Related Complications: State of the Evidence and Call To Action for Improved Risk Assessment.

Journal Article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · September 20, 2024 Living kidney donation and living liver donation significantly increases organ supply to make lifesaving transplants possible, offering survival benefits to the recipients and cost savings to society. Of all living donors, 40% are women of childbearing age ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bridging the gap: assessing CMV DNAemia in kidney transplant recipients with previous solid organ transplants.

Journal Article Front Transplant · 2024 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection poses a significant threat to solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients and can lead to various complications and adverse outcomes. In an effort to prevent CMV infection, it is common to utilize prophylactic strategies, includ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Contraceptive Use in Females With Advanced CKD: A Qualitative Study.

Journal Article Kidney Med · December 2023 RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Pregnancy in females with kidney disease is not uncommon and is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. The use of contraception in females with chronic kidney disease remains low. We sought to describe the perspectives ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of the Affordable Care Act on Access to and Outcomes After Kidney or Liver Transplant: A Transplant Registry Study.

Journal Article Transplant Proc · 2023 BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion on payor mix among patients on the kidney and liver transplant waiting list as well as waiting list and post-transplant outcomes. DESIGN: Using the Scientific Registry o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sex and gender disparity in kidney transplantation: Historical and future perspectives.

Journal Article Clin Transplant · December 2022 Sex and gender disparity exist in various stages of kidney transplantation. Females were found to be less likely to be referred for kidney transplant, complete pre-transplant evaluation, be placed on the waitlist, and receive a kidney transplant compared t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Predicts Intensive Care Unit Admission Diagnosis: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Journal Article Kidney360 · September 29, 2022 BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is most commonly caused by tubular injury and is associated with a wide variety of critical illnesses. It is well known that urinary biomarkers can lead to the early identification of AKI. However, the ability of urina ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sex and Gender Differences in Kidney Transplantation.

Journal Article Semin Nephrol · March 2022 Sex and gender often are used interchangeably, but are two distinct entities, with sex being the biological attribute and gender including the social, psychological, and cultural aspects of one's identity. Kidney transplantation has been proven to be the b ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Financial Burden of Transplant - A Commercial Claims Analysis

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION · 2022 Cite

Outcomes of a Novel Belatacept-Based Regimen - Beyond 2 Years of Follow-Up.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION · 2022 Cite

Macrophage and adipocyte interaction as a source of inflammation in kidney disease.

Journal Article Sci Rep · February 3, 2021 In obesity, adipose tissue derived inflammation is associated with unfavorable metabolic consequences. Uremic inflammation is prevalent and contributes to detrimental outcomes. However, the contribution of adipose tissue inflammation in uremia has not been ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD)-from clinical to metabolic profiles-a single center experience and review of literature.

Journal Article Am J Cancer Res · 2021 Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are among the most serious complications after solid organ transplantation (SOT). Monomorphic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of PTLD. Historically, outcomes of PTLD have ... Link to item Cite

Infection-Related Kidney Disease

Chapter · January 1, 2021 Infection-induced kidney diseases need to be promptly detected to offer timely treatment of infections. The mechanisms by which infections lead to chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes direct invasion or indirectly by immune-mediated pathways known as infe ... Full text Cite

Preemptive Kidney Transplant: An Alternative to Dialysis

Chapter · January 1, 2021 Once patients reach end-stage renal disease (ESRD), they have two options for renal replacement therapy available – chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation. Kidney transplantation has been proven to be the preferred treatment for individuals with ESRD, ... Full text Cite

FISTULA FIRST INITIATIVE-VERSION 2.0: A CASE REPORT

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES · 2020 Cite