Faculty & Staff
Hanna M Zafar, MD MHS
Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology
Contact information
One Silverstein
Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 615 0422
Fax: 215 746 3890
Fax: 215 746 3890
Email:
hanna.zafar@uphs.upenn.edu
hanna.zafar@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Biological Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania , 1991.
MHS (Health Policy)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School Hygiene and Public Health, 1998.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2002.
BA (Biological Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania , 1991.
MHS (Health Policy)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School Hygiene and Public Health, 1998.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2002.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, 2002-2003.
Resident, Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2003-2007.
Fellow, Abdominal Imaging, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2008.
Intern, Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, 2002-2003.
Resident, Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2003-2007.
Fellow, Abdominal Imaging, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2008.
Certifications
American Board Radiology, 2007.
American College of Radiology, CT Colonography, 2008.
Permanent linkAmerican Board Radiology, 2007.
American College of Radiology, CT Colonography, 2008.
Selected Publications
Zopf J, Langer J, Boon W, Kim W, Zafar HM: Development of Automated Detection of Radiology Reports Citing Adrenal Findings. Journal Digital Imaging Volume 25(1): 43-49, 2012.Harsha A, Itri J, Hilton S, Zafar HM: Implementing a web-based procedure log application to track complication rate and diagnostic yield for imaging-guided diagnostic procedures RSNA Annual Meeting 2011 December 2011.
Zopf J, Langer J, Boonn W, Kim W, Zafar HM: Development of Automated Detection of Radiology Reports Citing Adrenal Findings' SPIE Medical Imaging, Conference Abstracts February 2011.
Shortt CP and Zafar, HM : MRI of the Knee. Chapter 44: Radiology Secrets 3rd ed. Elsevier 2011.
Jason Poff, Babak Saboury, Anna Rives, Negar Foroughi, Hanna Zafar, F Hofheinz, Abass Alavi, Drew Torigian: Reproducibility of FDG-PET/CT Quantification in Colorectal Cancer with a Novel Image Analysis Methodology. RSNA Annual Meeting 2010 December 2010.
Poff JA, Rives A, Saboury B, Foroughi N, Zafar H, Hofheinz F, Alavi A, Torigian D.: Anatomic Dependence of Tumor Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer as Quantified with a Novel FDG-PET/CT Image Analysis Methodology. Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Vienna, Austria. October 2010.
Zafar HM, Mahmoud NN MD, Mitra N, Wirtalla C, Armstrong K, and Groeneveld PW: Adoption of FDG-PET in resected colorectal cancer among Medicare beneficiaries. Radiology 254(2): 501-8, February 2010.
Ankola A, Zafar HM, Coleman B: Pitfalls in OB Ultrasound. ARRS Categorical Course Syllabus Annual Meeting April 2009
Hanna M. Zafar MD MHS, Anna S. Lev-Toaff, Andrea Frangos, Diane Bergin: CT Colonography after Failed or Incomplete Optical Colonoscopy: Gender & Previous Hysterectomy as Factors 9th Internal Syumposium Virtual Colonography October 2008.
Zafar HM, Litt HI, Torrigian DA. : CT Imaging Features and Prevalence of Left Ventricular Myocardial Fat in Subjects with CT Findings of Chronic Left Ventricular Myocardial Infarction. Clinical Radiology 63(3): 256-262. 2008.
