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Amit Govil, MD

Professor

Internal Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Fellowship: Oregon Health & Science University (Transplant Medicine)
  • Fellowship: University of Cincinnati (Nephrology and Hypertension)
  • Residency: Kings County Medical Center and VA Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
  • Residency: Maulana Azad Medical College (ENT)
  • Residency: G.B. Pant Hospital (Medicine)
  • Medical Degree: Maulana Azad Medical College
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology) (Certification Date: 2001-11-07) - (Recertification Date: 2023-01-01)

Languages

Hindi

Specialties

Internal Medicine
Nephrology

Contact Information
Research Interests

Medical Management of Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Patients Along with Immunosupression Needs, Kidney-Pancreas Outcomes, Transplant Glomerulopathy, De-Sensitization of Sensitized Patients

Clinical Interests

Nephrology

Peer Reviewed Publications

Anand, Manish; Nysather, Jake; McGraw, Gregory; Apewokin, Senu; Khoury, Ruby; Grimley, Michael S; Bumb, Shalini; Govil, Amit 2023. Viral specific T cell therapy in kidney transplant recipients - A single-center experience. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 25 6, e14179

Cheung, Albert Y; Jeffrey, Joseph H; Govil, Amit; Kinosz, Elizabeth; Sarnicola, Enrica; Denny, Matthew R; Reinisch, Cameron B; Holland, Edward J 2023. Allogeneic Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation Outcomes With Decreased or No Systemic Immunosuppression in the Elderly. Cornea, 42 12, 1482-1487

Cheung, Albert Y; Jeffrey, Joseph H; Kurji, Khaliq H; Denny, Matthew R; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2023. Presence of Panel-reactive Antibodies after Penetrating Keratoplasty. Ocular immunology and inflammation, 31 4, 741-747

Reinisch, Cameron B; Azam, Asma M; Cheung, Albert Y; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2023. Perioperative management of high-risk corneal transplantation using basiliximab and mycophenolate mofetil. Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie, 58 4, e166-e168

Rheault, Michelle N; Amaral, Sandra; Bock, Margret; Chambers, Eileen Tsai; Chavers, Blanche; Ters, Mireile El; Garro, Rouba; Gbadegesin, Rasheed; Govil, Amit; Harshman, Lyndsay; Amer, Hatem; Hooper, David K; Israni, Ajay K; Riad, Samy; Sageshima, Junichiro; Shapiro, Ron; Seifert, Michael; Smith, Jodi; Sung, Randall; Thomas, Christie P; Wang, Qi; Verghese, Priya S 2023. A randomized controlled trial of preemptive rituximab to prevent recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post-kidney transplant (PRI-VENT FSGS): protocol and study design. Frontiers in nephrology, 3 , 1181076

de la Presa, Martin; Govil, Amit; Chamberlain, Winston D; Holland, Edward J 2022. Acute Corneal Epithelial Rejection of LR-CLAL After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination. Cornea, 41 2, 252-253

Govil, Amit; Munda, Rino; First, M Roy 2022. Forty-Year Survival of Simultaneous Kidney and Duct-Injected Segmental Pancreas Transplants in a Recipient Maintained on Low-Dose Azathioprine and Prednisone. Transplantation proceedings, 54 1, 104-106

Cheung, Albert Y; Sarnicola, Enrica; Eslani, Medi; Wright, Elizabeth; Goebel, Jens; Hooper, David K; Govil, Amit; Kurji, Khaliq H; Holland, Edward J 2021. Clinical Outcomes of Allogeneic Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric Patients. Cornea, 40 1, 54-60

Delman, Aaron M; Turner, Kevin M; Safdar, Kamran; Anwar, Nadeem; Silski, Latifa S; Lee, Tiffany C; Luckett, Keith; Cuffy, Madison C; Quillin, Ralph C; Schoech, Michael; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Govil, Amit; Bari, Khurram; Shah, Shimul A 2021. Expanding the Donor Pool: First Use of Hepatitis B Virus Nat Positive Solid Organ Allografts Into Seronegative Recipients. Annals of surgery, 274 4, 556-564

Jeffrey, Joseph H; Denny, Matthew R; Cheung, Albert Y; Sarnicola, Enrica; Wright, Elizabeth; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2021. Use of Panel-Reactive Antibody Testing in the Planning and Management of Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation. Cornea, 40 8, 963-966

Cheung, Albert Y; Eslani, Medi; Kurji, Khaliq H; Wright, Elizabeth; Sarnicola, Enrica; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2020. Long-term Outcomes of Living-Related Conjunctival Limbal Allograft Compared With Keratolimbal Allograft in Patients With Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency. Cornea, 39 8, 980-985

Diwan, Tayyab S; Cuffy, Madison C; Linares-Cervantes, Ivan; Govil, Amit 2020. Impact of obesity on dialysis and transplant and its management. Seminars in dialysis, 33 3, 279-285

Kassam, Al-Faraaz; Mirza, Ahmad; Kim, Young; Hanseman, Dennis; Woodle, E Steve; Quillin, Ralph C; Johnson, Bobby L; Govil, Amit; Cardi, Michael; Schauer, Daniel P; Smith, Eric P; Diwan, Tayyab S 2020. Long-term outcomes in patients with obesity and renal disease after sleeve gastrectomy. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 20 2, 422-429

Lichvar, Alicia B; Tremblay, Simon; Leino, Abbie D; Shields, Adele R; Cardi, Michael A; Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G; Govil, Amit; Kremer, Joseph; Cuffy, Madison; Paterno, Flavio; Diwan, Tayyab; Brailey, Paul; Girnita, Alin; Alloway, Rita R; Woodle, E Steve 2020. Reducing Donor-specific Antibody During Acute Rejection Diminishes Long-term Renal Allograft Loss: Comparison of Early and Late Rejection. Transplantation, 104 11, 2403-2414

Miller-Handley, Hilary; Luckett, Keith; Govil, Amit 2020. Treatment Options for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Patients With Reduced or Absent Kidney Function. Advances in chronic kidney disease, 27 5, 434-441

Cheung, Albert Y; Patel, Sunny; Kurji, Khaliq H; Sarnicola, Enrica; Eslani, Medi; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2019. Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation for Treatment of Keratitis-Ichthyosis-Deafness Syndrome. Cornea, 38 1, 123-126

Dao, Ann; Cuffy, Madison; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Loethen, Ashley; Cafardi, John; Luckett, Keith; Rike, Adele Helen; Cardi, Michael; Alloway, Rita R; Govil, Amit; Diwan, Tayyab; Sherman, Kenneth E; Shah, Shimul A; Woodle, Ervin Steve 2019. Use of HCV Ab+/NAT- donors in HCV naïve renal transplant recipients to expand the kidney donor pool. Clinical transplantation, 33 7, e13598

Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G; Woodle, Ervin Steve; Leino, Abbie D; Brailey, Paul; Tremblay, Simon; Dorst, Tonya; Abdallah, Mouhamad H; Govil, Amit; Byczkowski, Daniel; Misra, Hemant; Abuchowski, Abraham; Alloway, Rita R 2018. A phase Ib, open-label, single arm study to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics, and impact on humoral sensitization of SANGUINATE infusion in patients with end-stage renal disease. Clinical transplantation, 32 1,

Cheung, Albert Y; Genereux, Brad M; Auteri, Nicholas J; Sarnicola, Enrica; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2018. Conjunctival-limbal allografts in graft-versus-host disease using same HLA-identical bone marrow transplantation donor. Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie, 53 3, e120-e122

Cheung, Albert Y; Genereux, Brad M; Dautremont, Brittney; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2018. Surgical management of severe ocular surface injury due to Roman candle explosion accidents. The ocular surface, 16 3, 294-300

Cheung, Albert Y; Sarnicola, Enrica; Eslani, Medi; Kurji, Khaliq H; Genereux, Brad M; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2018. Infectious Keratitis After Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation. Cornea, 37 11, 1395-1399

Cheung, Albert Y; Sarnicola, Enrica; Kurji, Khaliq H; Govil, Amit; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Eslani, Medi; Wright, Elizabeth; Brailey, Paul; Holland, Edward J 2018. Cincinnati Protocol for Preoperative Screening and Donor Selection for Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation. Cornea, 37 9, 1192-1197

Kamal, Mahwash; Govil, Amit; Anand, Manish; Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G; Shah, Silvi 2018. Severe BK polyomavirus-induced hemorrhagic cystitis in a kidney transplant recipient with the absence of renal allograft involvement. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 20 1,

Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G; Govil, Amit 2017. Acute Kidney Injury in Transplant Setting: Differential Diagnosis and Impact on Health and Health Care. Advances in chronic kidney disease, 24 4, 228-232

Cheung, Albert Y; Govil, Amit; Friedstrom, Scott R; Holland, Edward J 2017. Probable Donor-Derived Cytomegalovirus Disease After Keratolimbal Allograft Transplantation. Cornea, 36 8, 1006-1008

Cheung, Albert Y; Sarnicola, Enrica; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2017. Combined Conjunctival Limbal Autografts and Living-Related Conjunctival Limbal Allografts for Severe Unilateral Ocular Surface Failure. Cornea, 36 12, 1570-1575

Kamal, M; Apewokin, S; Anand, M; Abu Jawdeh, B G; Govil, A; Sheikh, M M; Shah, S 2017. Late-Onset Allograft Aspergillosis in an HIV-Positive Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Report. Transplantation proceedings, 49 7, 1570-1573

Movahedan, Asadolah; Cheung, Albert Y; Eslani, Medi; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Govil, Amit; Holland, Edward J 2017. Long-term Outcomes of Ocular Surface Stem Cell Allograft Transplantation. American journal of ophthalmology, 184 , 97-107

Freeman, C M; Woodle, E S; Shi, J; Alexander, J W; Leggett, P L; Shah, S A; Paterno, F; Cuffy, M C; Govil, A; Mogilishetty, G; Alloway, R R; Hanseman, D; Cardi, M; Diwan, T S 2015. Addressing morbid obesity as a barrier to renal transplantation with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 15 5, 1360-8

Krisl, Jill C; Alloway, Rita R; Shield, Adele Rike; Govil, Amit; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Cardi, Michael; Diwan, Tayyab; Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G; Girnita, Alin; Witte, David; Woodle, E Steve 2015. Acute Rejection Clinically Defined Phenotypes Correlate With Long-term Renal Allograft Survival. Transplantation, 99 10, 2167-73

Mittal, T; Dedhia, P; Roy-Chaudhury, P; Abu Jawdeh, B G; Mogilishetty, G; Cuffy, M C; Alloway, R R; Woodle, E S; Govil, A 2015. Complete Remission of Post-transplantation Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis With the Use of Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone Gel: Case Report. Transplantation proceedings, 47 7, 2219-22

Woodle, E S; Shields, A R; Ejaz, N S; Sadaka, B; Girnita, A; Walsh, R C; Alloway, R R; Brailey, P; Cardi, M A; Abu Jawdeh, B G; Roy-Chaudhury, P; Govil, A; Mogilishetty, G 2015. Prospective iterative trial of proteasome inhibitor-based desensitization. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 15 1, 101-18

Walsh, R Carlin; Brailey, Paul; Girnita, Alin; Alloway, Rita R; Shields, Adele Rike; Wall, Garth E; Sadaka, Basma H; Cardi, Michael; Tevar, Amit; Govil, Amit; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir; Woodle, E Steve 2011. Early and late acute antibody-mediated rejection differ immunologically and in response to proteasome inhibition. Transplantation, 91 11, 1218-26

Walsh, R Carlin; Everly, Jason J; Brailey, Paul; Rike, Adele H; Arend, Lois J; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Govil, Amit; Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir; Alloway, Rita R; Woodle, E Steve 2010. Proteasome inhibitor-based primary therapy for antibody-mediated renal allograft rejection. Transplantation, 89 3, 277-84

Everly, M J; Everly, J J; Arend, L J; Brailey, P; Susskind, B; Govil, A; Rike, A; Roy-Chaudhury, P; Mogilishetty, G; Alloway, R R; Tevar, A; Woodle, E S 2009. Reducing de novo donor-specific antibody levels during acute rejection diminishes renal allograft loss. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 9 5, 1063-71

Govil, Amit; Walsh, R Carlin; Tevar, Amit; Alloway, Rita; Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Wall, Garth E; Brailey, Paul; Girnita, Alin; Woodle, E Steve 2009. Bortezomib-based treatment of antibody mediated rejection in pancreas allograft recipients. Clinical transplants, , 443-53

Everly, Matthew J; Everly, Jason J; Susskind, Brian; Brailey, Paul; Arend, Lois J; Alloway, Rita R; Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir; Govil, Amit; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Rike, Adele H; Cardi, Michael; Wadih, George; Tevar, Amit; Woodle, E Steve 2008. Bortezomib provides effective therapy for antibody- and cell-mediated acute rejection. Transplantation, 86 12, 1754-61

Duncan H, Pittman S, Govil A, Roy-Chaudhury P, et al 2007. Alternative medicine use in dialysis patients: potential for good and bad! Nephron Clin Pract, 1005 3, c108

Duncan, Heather J; Pittman, Susan; Govil, Amit; Sorn, Lisa; Bissler, Gloria; Schultz, Tersea; Faith, J; Kant, Shashi; Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir 2007. Alternative medicine use in dialysis patients: potential for good and bad! Nephron. Clinical practice, 105 3, c108-13

Woodle, E Steve; Alloway, Rita; Rike, Adele; Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir; Tevar, Amit; Susskind, Brian; Everly, Jason; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Brailey, Paul; Govil, Amit; Rudich, Steve; First, M Roy; Alexander, J Wesley; Munda, Rino; Cardi, Michael; Arend, Lois 2007. Corticosteroid elimination: the Cincinnati experience. Clinical transplants, , 51-60

Everly M, Everly J, Govil A, Woodle ES, et al 12-27-2008. Bortezomib provides effective therapy for antibody- and cell0mediated acute rejection Transplantation, 86 12, 1754

Walsh RC, Govil A, Woodle ES, et al 06-15-2011. Early and late acute antibody-mediated rejection differ immunoligically and in response to proteasome inhibition Transplantation, 91 11, 1218

Everly M, Everly J, Govil A, Woodle ES, et al 03-16-2009. Reducing de novo donor-specific antibody levels during acute rejection diminishes renal allograft loss Am J Transplant, 9 5, 1063

Walsh RC, Govil A, Woodle ES, et al 02-15-2010. Proteasome inhibitor-based primary therapy for antibody-mediated renal allograft rejection Transplantation, 89 3, 277

Everly M, Everly J, Govil A, Woodle ES, et al 01-2009. Proteasome inhibition reduces donor-specific antibody levels Transplant Proc., 41 1, 105

Dedhia, P; Govil, A; Mogilishetty, G; Alloway, R R; Woodle, E S; Abu Jawdeh, B G . Eculizumab and Belatacept for De Novo Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated With CFHR3-CFHR1 Deletion in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report. Transplantation proceedings, 49 1, 188-192

Everly, M J; Everly, J J; Susskind, B; Brailey, P; Arend, L J; Alloway, R R; Roy-Chaudhury, P; Govil, A; Mogilishetty, G; Rike, A H; Cardi, M; Wadih, G; Brown, E; Tevar, A; Woodle, E S . Proteasome inhibition reduces donor-specific antibody levels. Transplantation proceedings, 41 1, 105-7

Govil A, Woodle ES, Roy-Chaudhury PR, et al . Influence of donor specific antibodies on the pattern of C3d disposition in renal allografts , ,

Abstract Publications

Peddi VR, Govil A, First MR 2002. Long-term follow-up of sirolimus substitution for calcineurin-inhibitors in renal allograft recipients with nephrotoxicity J Am Soc Nephrol, 13 , 184A


Roy-Chaudhury P, Govil A, Cavallo T, et al 2002. C4d deposition in chronic allograft dysfunction J Am Soc Nephrol, 13 , 558A


Govil A, Peddi VR, First MR, et al 2001. Sirolimus substitution for calcineurin-inhibitors in renal allograft recipients with nephrotoxicity J Am Soc Nephrol, 12 , 891A


Pitman S, Govil A, Roy-Chaudhury P, et al 2001. Alternative medicine use in dialysis patients: potential for good and bad! J Am Soc Nephrol, 12 , 343A


Govil A, Peddi VR, First MR, et al 2000. Sirolimus substitution for calcineurin-inhibitors in renal allograft recipients with calcineurin-inhibitor nephrotoxicity AM J Transplant, Suppl 1 , 247


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