Lisa J. States, MD

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Professor of Clinical Radiology
Pediatric Radiologist, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Endowed Chair for Molecular Imaging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Radiology

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3404 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-7146
Fax: 267-425-7068
Education:
BA (Human Biology)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1985.
MD (Medicine)
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY, 1989.
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Description of Research Expertise

Interpretation of 18 FDOPA PET/CT used for the localization of a focal lesion of congenital hyperinsulinism.
Sponsor and Principle Investigator. PROTOCOL: Expanded Access 18F-DOPA PET/CT.

Metaiodobenzylguanidine (131 I-MIBG) Therapy for Refractory Neuroblastoma and Paraganglioma/ Pheochromocytoma Expanded access protocol

Thyroid Gland Screening Surveillance in Childhood Cancer Survivors after Radiotherapy

PET/MRI Protocol Optimization. PI.

NEPENTHE Trial. Co-Investigator.

Description of Clinical Expertise

pediatric oncology
pediatric nuclear medicine and Molecular Imaging
Pediatric PET/CT scan
Pediatric PET/MRI
Congenital hyperinsulinism imaging with 18FDOPA
musculoskeletal MRI

Description of Other Expertise

Lu-177 therapy protocols

Selected Publications

Jack J. Brzezinski, Kerri D. Becktell, Gaëlle Bougeard, Garrett M. Brodeur, Lisa R. Diller, Andrea S. Doria, Jordan R. Hansford, Wendy K. Kohlmann, Christian P. Kratz, Suzanne P. MacFarland, Kristian W. Pajtler, Surya P. Rednam, Jaclyn Schienda, Lisa J. States, Anita Villani, Rosanna Weksberg, Kristin Zelley, Gail E. Tomlinson, Jennifer M. Kalish: Updated Recommendations for Pediatric Surveillance in Hereditary Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias, HPT Jaw-Tumor Syndrome & Carney Complex. Clinical Cancer Research 31(1): 18-24, January 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-2488.

Sanders VR, Lord K, Sigal WM, McKnight H, Adzick NS, States LJ, Bhatti T, De Leon DD: Case Report: The importance of genetic counseling for families with hyperinsulinism. Frontiers in Pediatrics 12:1520871, January 2025 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1520871.

Burrill N, Teefey CP, Wright R, Huynh MH, Schindewolf E, Pilchman L, Crane H, Noyes AG, Roman A, Gulersen M, Moldenhauer JS: Phenotypic Expansion: Fetus With Cole-Carpenter Type 2 Presenting With Novel Neonatal Lethal Skeletal Dysplasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics A Page: e63988, Jan 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63988. Epub ahead of print.

Brezinski JJ, Becktell KD, Bougeard G, Brodeur BM, Diller LR, Doria AS, Hansford JR, Kohlmann WK, Kratz CP, MacFarland SP, Pajtler KW, Rednam SP, Schienda J, States LJ, Villani A, Weksberg R, Zelley K, TomlinsonGE, Kalish JM. : Update on Surveillance Guidelines in Emerging Wilms Tumor Predisposition Syndromes. Clinical Cancer Research AACR, 31(1): 18-24, January 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-2488.

Greer MLC, States LJ, Malkin D, Voss SD, Doria AS: Update on Whole-Body MRI Surveillance for Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Syndromes. Clinical Cancer Research. American Association for Cancer Research, 30(22): 5021-5033, November 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-1374.

MacFarland SP, Becktell K, Schneider KW, Kuiper RP, Lesmana H, Meade J, Nichols KE, Porter CC, Savage SA, Schultz KA, Scott H, States L, Tabori U, Tamura C, Tomlinson G, Zelley K, Durno C, Bauer A, Plon SE.: Pediatric Cancer Screening in Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk Syndromes: An Update from the AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Working Group. Clinical Cancer Research 30(20): 4566-4571, October 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-0953.

Espinoza AF, Bagatell R, McHugh K, Naranjo AH, Van Ryn C, Rojas Y, Lyons K, Guillerman RP, Kirby C, Brock P, Volchenboum S, Simon T, States L, Miller A, Krug B, Sarnacki S, Irtan S, Brisse HJ, Valteau-Couanet D, von Schweinitz D, Kammer B, Granata C, Pio L, Park JR, Nuchtern JG.: A subset of image-defined risk factors predict completeness of resection in children with high-risk neuroblastoma: An international multicenter study. Pediatric Blood Cancer 71(10): e31218, October 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/pbc.31218. Epub 2024 Jul 28.

Dennis R, Alkhalifat D, Alfonso-Trujillo A, States, L : Accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MRI in Predicting Lymph Node Involvement in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcomas. European Society for Paediatric Radiology, Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course, Sevilla, Spain June 2024 Notes: Oral presentation.

States, L: Impact of molecular therapy on radioactive iodine uptake in patients with oncogene-driven metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL June 2024 Notes: Poster.

Das A, MacFarland SP, Meade J, Hansford JR, Schneider KW, Kuiper RP, Jongmans MCJ, Lesmana H, Schultz KAP, Nichols KE, Durno C, Zelley K, Porter CC, States LJ, Ben-Shachar S, Savage SA, Kalish JM, Walsh MF, Scott HS, Plon SE, Tabori U.: Clinical updates and surveillance recommendations for DNA replication-repair deficiency syndromes in children and young adults. Clinical Cancer Research June 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-3994. Online ahead of print.

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