Hanna M Zafar, MD MHS
Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Medical Staff, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending , Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Co-director, Automated Radiology Recommendation Tracking Engine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital
Active Medical Staff, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA
Active Medical Staff - Radiologist , Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Vice Chair, Radiology Quality, 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: 215 266 3321
Fax: 215 746 3890
Fax: 215 746 3890
Education:
BA (Biological Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania , 1995.
MHS (Health Policy)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School Public Health, 1998.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2002.
Permanent linkBA (Biological Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania , 1995.
MHS (Health Policy)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School Public Health, 1998.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2002.
Selected Publications
Kang SK, Hoang J, Alkasab R, Bello JA, Berland L, Bronner J, Chatfield M, Kurth D, Pisano E, Rawson JV, Seidenwurm D, Weinreb J, Zafar HM, Pandharipande PV: Developing Algorithm-Based Recommendations in the ACR: Defining a New Process. J Am Coll Radiol S1546-1440(25)00563-0, November 2025.Atul B Shinagare 1, Prasad R Shankar 2, Victoria Chernyak 3, Sean A Woolen 4, Brian R Herts 5, Ezana M Azene 6, Donald G Mitchell 7, Andrew B Rosenkrantz 8, Kesav Raghavan 9, Boaz Karmazyn 10, Nadja Kadom 11, Hanna M Zafar 12, Priya Bhosale 13, Richard K Do 14, Daniel A Rodgers 15, Jennifer C Broder 16, Mythreyi Chatfield 17, David B Larson 18, Matthew S Davenport 19: Potential Frameworks for Communicating Diagnostic Certainty in Radiology Reports: From the ACR Commission on Quality and Safety. J Am Coll Radiol 22(11): 1390-1398, November 2025.
Sadowski E, Priyanka J, Patel-Lippmann KK, Guo Y, Gupta A, Kamaya A, Maturen KE, Zafar HM, Barroilhet L, Antil N, Shen L : Ovarian-adnexal imaging reporting and data system (O-RADS) Ultrasound (US) risk assessment system: Morphologic analysis of benign cases in O-RADS 4 and 5. Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting December 2024.
Cook TS, Lalevic D, Sukumaran R, Chambers C, Zafar HM, Tripathi S : Benchmarking optimal training data size for accurate classification in renal surgical pathology reports. Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting December 2024.
Shen L, Sadowski EA, Gupta A, Maturen KE, Patel-Lippmann KK, Zafar HM, Kamaya A, Antil N, Guo Y, Barroilhet LM, Jha P.: The Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) US Score Effect on Surgical Resection Rate. Radiology 313(1), October 2024.
Sundaram KM, Zafar HM: Improving the Value Proposition of Multiparametric Prostate MRI. J Am Coll Radiol 21(9), September 2024.
Zafar HM, Rawson JV: Liberating Structures in Strategic Planning: Methods to Foster Engagement. Acad Radiol 31(2): 438-445, February 2024.
Suresh K, Hill PA, Kahn Jr CE, Schnall MD, Rosen MA, Zafar HM, Trerotola SO, Cook TS: Quality Improvement Report: Design and Implementation of a Radiology E-Consult Service. Radiographics 43(12), December 2023.
Dako F, Cook TS, Zafar HM, Schnall MD: Population Health Management in Radiology: Economic Considerations. J Am Coll Radiol. Page: S1546-1440, August 2023.
Shreve LA, Fried JG, Liu F, Cao Q, Pakpoor J, Kahn CE Jr, Zafar HM.: Impact of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Indication Selection on Appropriateness Order Scoring for Imaging Clinical Decision Support. J Am Coll Radiol. Page: S1546-1440, June 2023.