Faculty & Staff
Els Nijs, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Department of Radiology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674257122
Fax: 2674257141
Fax: 2674257141
Email:
nijs@email.chop.edu
nijs@email.chop.edu
Education:
MD
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1996.
MD
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1996.
Post-Graduate Training
Intership, Pediatrics and Gynecology/Obsterics, Sint Elisabethziekenhuis O.C.M.W., Turnhout, Belgium, 1994-1994.
Internship, Internal Medicine, Sankt Nikolaus Hospital, Eupen, Belgium , 1994-1995.
Intership, Surgery, Sint-Camillusziekenhuis, Antwerpen, Belgium, 1995-1995.
Internship, Radiotherapy, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 1995-1995.
Internship, Radiology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 1996-1996.
Residency, Radiology, AZ Sint Elisabethziekenhuis, Zottegem, Belgium, 1996-1998.
Residency, Radiology, AZ Sint Elisabethziekenhuis, Zottegem, Belgium, 1996-1998.
Residency, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 1998-2001.
Fellowship, Pediatric Radiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston Massachussetts, 2002-2003.
Fellowship, Pediatric Interventional Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007-2008.
Permanent linkIntership, Pediatrics and Gynecology/Obsterics, Sint Elisabethziekenhuis O.C.M.W., Turnhout, Belgium, 1994-1994.
Internship, Internal Medicine, Sankt Nikolaus Hospital, Eupen, Belgium , 1994-1995.
Intership, Surgery, Sint-Camillusziekenhuis, Antwerpen, Belgium, 1995-1995.
Internship, Radiotherapy, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 1995-1995.
Internship, Radiology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 1996-1996.
Residency, Radiology, AZ Sint Elisabethziekenhuis, Zottegem, Belgium, 1996-1998.
Residency, Radiology, AZ Sint Elisabethziekenhuis, Zottegem, Belgium, 1996-1998.
Residency, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 1998-2001.
Fellowship, Pediatric Radiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston Massachussetts, 2002-2003.
Fellowship, Pediatric Interventional Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007-2008.
Selected Publications
Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology: Review of Carotid, "Vascular and Venous Ultrasound for RadiologyInfo.org" \{Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology} August 2012.American College of Radiology-American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine-Society of Pediatric Radiology-Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Practice Guideline for the Performance of a Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Examination: Review as part of Society of Pediatric Radiology Ultrasound Committee. American College of Radiology-American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine-Society of Pediatric Radiology-Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound July 2012.
Review as part of the Society of Pediatric Radiology Ultrasound Committee: Review of "Dysplasia of the Hip. Society of Pediatric Radiology Ultrasound Committee in the review of the American College of Radiology Practice Guidelines July 2012.
Review as part of Society of Pediatric Radiology Interventional Committee : American College of Radiology-Society of Interventional Radiology-Society of Pediatric Radiology Practice Guideline for Specifications and Performance of Image-Guided Percutaneous Drainage/Aspiration of Abscesses and Fluid Collections (PDAFC). American College of Radiology-Society of Interventional Radiology-Society of Pediatric Radiology June 2012.
Adeb M., Baskin K., Keller M.S., Krishnamurthy G., Nijs E., Pradhan M., Meyers K., Cahill A.M.: Radiologically placed tunneled hemodialysis catheters: A single pediatric institutional experience of 120 patients. Journal of Vascular Interventional Radiology 23(5): 604-612, May 2012 Notes: Epub 2012 Mar 27.
Kurian J., Epelman M., Darge K., Meyers K., Nijs E., Hellinger J.: "The role of low-dose CT angiography in the evaluation of pediatric renovascular hypertension" 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Radiology, San Francisco, California 42(7): 899-900, April 2012 Notes: Poster Presentation - Society of Pediatric Radiology Award.
Adeb M., Baskin K., Krishnamurthy G., Nijs E., Meyers K., Cahill A.M.: "Radiology-placed tunneled dialysis catheter insertion in children: A twelve-year single institution retrospective experience" 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois December 2011 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Cahill A.M, Nijs E., Ballah D., Rabinowitz D., Thompson L., Rintoul N., Hedrick H., Jacobs I., Low D.: Percutaneous sclerotherapy in neonatal and infant head and neck lymphatic malformations: A single center experience. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 46: 2083-2095, November 2011.
Cahill A.M., Nijs E.: Pediatric vascular malformations: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and the role of interventional radiology. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 34(4): 691-704, August 2011 Notes: Epub 2011 Mar 16.
Ballah D., Nijs E., Rabinowitz D., Thompson L., Low D., Cahill A.M.: "Percutaneous sclerotherapy in neonatal and infant head and neck lymphatic malformations: A single center experience" International Paediatric Radiology 6th Congress and Exhibition of the Joint Societies of Paediatric Radiology, Longon, England May 2011.
