Reverse-chronological list of peer-reviewed publications, preprints, and conference presentations. My name is underlined and bolded for visibility. Where a full-text PDF is available, a PDF button appears at the start of the citation.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026

PDF Jasani, S., Demiray, A., Stevenson, J., & Krawiec, C. (2026). A comparison of long-term maternal mortality associated with pathologic placental separation: Highlighting possible trends and mechanisms. PLOS ONE, 21(4), e0338586. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338586

2024

PDF Wahl, B., Butin, G., Gombe, S., Demiray, A., & Schwalbe, N. (2024). Beyond “business as usual”: lessons from FIFA for fair benefit-sharing in global health. Health Affairs Scholar, 2(7), qxae068. https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxae068

2023

PDF Copur, S., Demiray, A., Basile, C., & Kanbay, M. (2023). Endocrinological disorders in acute kidney injury: An often overlooked field of clinical research. Journal of Nephrology, 36(1), 49–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-022-01554-z

PDF Copur, S., Demiray, A., Cherney, D., Tuttle, K., & Kanbay, M. (2023). Tirzepatide decreases systolic and diastolic blood pressure. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 114, 135–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2023.04.005

PDF Zavalichi, M. A., Ionescu, G., Arsenescu Georgescu, C. M., Mihaescu, A., Cimpoesu, C. D., Cimpoesu, G., Zavalichi, S. D., Statescu, C., Demiray, A., Kanbay, M., Covic, A., & Nistor, I. (2023). The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in COVID-19: A systematic review. Archives of Medical Science. https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/152022

2022

PDF Afsar, B., Afsar, R. E., Demiray, A., Altay, S., Korkmaz, H., Yildiz, A., Covic, A., Ortiz, A., & Kanbay, M. (2022). Sodium–glucose cotransporter inhibition in polycystic kidney disease: Fact or fiction. Clinical Kidney Journal, 15(7), 1275–1283. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfac029

PDF Copur, S., Demiray, A., & Kanbay, M. (2022). Uric acid in metabolic syndrome: Does uric acid have a definitive role? European Journal of Internal Medicine, 103, 4–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2022.04.022

PDF Demiray, A., Afsar, B., Covic, A., Kuwabara, M., Ferro, C. J., Lanaspa, M. A., Johnson, R. J., & Kanbay, M. (2022). The role of uric acid in acute myocardial infarction: A narrative review. Angiology, 73(1), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197211012546

PDF Demiray, A., Kanbay, A., & Kanbay, M. (2022). Long-term effect of COVID-19 infection on hemodialysis patients: Should we follow hemodialysis patients more closely? Clinical Kidney Journal, 15(3), 369–371. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfab265

PDF Demiray, A., & Kanbay, M. (2022). The assessment of hypertension in kidney transplant patients: Time to change our approach? Clinical Kidney Journal, 15(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfab151

PDF Demiray, A., Öztosun, Ç., Acar, S., Sakarya, S., Gürsoy, T., & Ata, B. (2022). Transition from locally developed, faculty-written examinations to the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) subject examinations in clinical medical education. SN Social Sciences, 2(10), 200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00510-9

PDF Ertuglu, L. A., Demiray, A., Afsar, B., Ortiz, A., & Kanbay, M. (2022). The use of healthy eating index 2015 and healthy beverage index for predicting and modifying cardiovascular and renal outcomes. Current Nutrition Reports, 11, 526–535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-022-00415-2

PDF Kanbay, M., Copur, S., Demiray, A., Sag, A. A., Covic, A., Ortiz, A., & Tuttle, K. R. (2022). Fatty kidney: A possible future for chronic kidney disease research. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 52(6), e13748. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.13748

PDF Kanbay, M., Copur, S., Demiray, A., & Tuttle, K. R. (2022). Cardiorenal metabolic consequences of nighttime snacking: Is it an innocent eating behavior? Current Nutrition Reports, 11(2), 347–353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-022-00403-6

PDF Kanbay, M., Tapoi, L., Ureche, C., Tanriover, C., Cevik, E., Demiray, A., Afsar, B., Cherney, D. Z. I., & Covic, A. (2022). Effect of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors on hemoglobin and hematocrit levels in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Urology and Nephrology, 54(4), 827–841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-021-02943-2

2021

PDF Afsar, B., Afsar, R. E., Demiray, A., Covic, A., & Kanbay, M. (2021). Deciphering nutritional interventions for podocyte structure and function. Pharmacological Research, 172, 105852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105852

PDF Dogan, O., Vatansever, C., Atac, N., Albayrak, O., Karahuseyinoglu, S., Sahin, O. E., Kilicoglu, B. K., Demiray, A., Ergonul, O., Gönen, M., & Can, F. (2021). Virulence determinants of colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae high-risk clones. Biology, 10(5), 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10050436

PDF Ertuglu, L. A., Afsar, B., Yildiz, A. B., Demiray, A., Ortiz, A., Covic, A., & Kanbay, M. (2021). Substitution of sugar-sweetened beverages for other beverages: Can it be the next step towards healthy aging? Current Nutrition Reports, 10(4), 399–412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-021-00372-2

PDF Ertuglu, L. A., Demiray, A., Basile, C., Afsar, B., Covic, A., & Kanbay, M. (2021). Sodium and ultrafiltration profiling in hemodialysis: A long-forgotten issue revisited. Hemodialysis International, 25(4), 433–446. https://doi.org/10.1111/hdi.12952

PDF Ertuglu, L. A., Porrini, E., Hornum, M., Demiray, A., Afsar, B., Ortiz, A., Covic, A., Rossing, P., & Kanbay, M. (2021). Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors for diabetes after solid organ transplantation. Transplant International, 34(8), 1341–1359. https://doi.org/10.1111/tri.13883

PDF Kanbay, M., Demiray, A., Afsar, B., Covic, A., Tapoi, L., Ureche, C., & Ortiz, A. (2021). Role of klotho in the development of essential hypertension. Hypertension, 77(3), 740–750. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16635

PDF Kanbay, M., Demiray, A., Afsar, B., Karakus, K. E., Ortiz, A., Hornum, M., Covic, A., Sarafidis, P., & Rossing, P. (2021). Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors for diabetes mellitus control after kidney transplantation: Review of the current evidence. Nephrology (Carlton), 26(12), 1007–1017. https://doi.org/10.1111/nep.13941


Preprints & Under Review

PDF Demiray, A., Skolnick, S., Cheng, C.-L., Jones, M., & Tam, J. (2026). Maternal morbidity, infant mortality, and health-care costs attributable to prenatal smoking in the USA during the e-cigarette era: A simulation modelling study. SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=6724413

PDF Demiray, A., Skolnick, S., & Tam, J. (2025). Maternal and infant health benefits of a nicotine product standard in the United States. medRxiv preprint, 2025.09.11.25335605. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.11.25335605


Conference Presentations

Poster Demiray, A., & Yaesoubi, R. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of metformin vs. SGLT2 inhibitors as the first-line treatment in type 2 diabetes management. Poster, Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) 46th Annual North American Meeting, Boston, MA, October 27–30, 2024.

PDF Demiray, A., Öztosun, Ç., Acar, S., Gürsoy, T., Sakarya, S., & Ata, B. (2022). The use of third-party multiple-choice examinations for measurement and evaluation in clinical medical education. Poster, 12th National Medical Education Congress (XII. Ulusal Tıp Eğitimi Kongresi), Türkiye, May 19–22, 2022.

PDF Dural, D., Cunedioglu, B. Ö., Yurtseven, E., Demiray, A., Gürsoy, E., Aytekin, S., & Aytekin, V. (2021). Association between lipoprotein (a) level and chronic cardio-renal syndrome in patients with coronary artery disease. Abstract, World Congress on Heart Failure 2021, June 29 – July 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2297

PDF Dogan, O., Atac, N., Vatansever, C., Albayrak, O., Sahin, Ö. E., Kilicoglu, B. K., Demiray, A., Ergönül, Ö., Gönen, M., & Can, F. (2019). Yersiniabactin as a promoter of mortality of infections caused by colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST101. Poster, 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 13–16, 2019.