Karuna V. Shekdar, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
Attending Neuroradiologist, Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology, Virtua Hospital, Voorhees, NJ
Staff Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA
Active Medical Staff, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology | Division of Neuroradiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-7142
Education:
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Seth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India, 1989.
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Selected Publications

Neeman, B., Sudhakar, S., Biswas, A., Rosenblum, J., Sidpra, J., D'Arco, F., Löbel, U., Gómez-Chiari, M., Serrano, M., Bolasell, M., Reddy, K., Ben-Sira, L., Zakzouk, R., Al-Hashem, A., Mirsky, D. M., Patel, R., Radhakrishnan, R., Shekdar, K., Whitehead, M. T., & Mankad, K.: Sotos Syndrome: Deep Neuroimaging Phenotyping Reveals a High Prevalence of Malformations of Cortical Development. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 45(10): 1570-1577, October 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8364.

Foust, A. M., Johnstone, L., Krishnasarma, R., Martin, D. C., Vaughn, J., Shekdar, K., Snyder, E., Todd, T., Pruthi, S., & Sarma, A.: Nontraumatic Pediatric Head and Neck Emergencies: Resource for On-Call Radiologists. Radiographics: a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 44(10): e240027, October 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1148/rg.240027.

Simsek, O.; Moon, J.; Spagnolo, K.; Clifford, S.; Ferreira Alves, C.A.P.; Santi, M.; Shekdar, K: Spectrum of Neuroimaging Features of Histiocytosis Syndromes in Children. Neurographics 1: 38-47, January 2024 Notes: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ng.2200036.

Gubbiotti, M. A., Madsen, P. J., Tucker, A. M., Abdullaev, Z., Aldape, K., Shekdar, K., Yang, A., Minturn, J. E., Santi, M., & Viaene, A. N.: ZFTA-fused supratentorial ependymoma with a novel fusion partner, DUX4. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 82(7): 668-671, June 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlad038.

Simsek, O; Moon, J; Spagnolo, K; Clifford, S; Alves, C; Santi-Vicini, M, Karuna, S: Spectrum of Neuroimaging Features of Histiocytosis Syndromes in Children. Neurographics April 2023 Notes: Accepted for publication as of April 2023; Pending publication as of June 2023.

McCormack, S. E., Wang, Z., Wade, K. L., Dedio, A., Cilenti, N., Crowley, J., Plessow, F., Bamba, V., Roizen, J. D., Jiang, Y., Stylli, J., Ramakrishnan, A., Platt, M. L., Shekdar, K., Fisher, M. J., Vetter, V. L., Hocking, M., Xiao, R., & Lawson, E. A.: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of Intranasal Oxytocin to Promote Weight Loss in Individuals With Hypothalamic Obesity. Journal of the Endocrine Society 7(5): bvad037, March 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvad037; eCollection 2023.

Alves, C. A. P. F., Clifford, S. M., McKeown Ruggiero, S., Helbig, I., Chadehumbe, M., & Shekdar, K.: Teaching NeuroImage: Selectively Bright Inferior Cerebellum in Christianson Syndrome. Neurology 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201234, September 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201234; Online ahead of print as of September 2023.

Subramanian, S., Biswas, A., Alves, C. A. P. F., Sudhakar, S. V., Shekdar, K. V., Krishnan, P., Shroff, M., Taranath, A., Arrigoni, F., Aldinger, K. A., Leventer, R. J., Dobyns, W. B., Mankad, K: ACTA2-Related Dysgyria: An Under-Recognized Malformation of Cortical Development. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 43(1): 146-150, January 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7364.

Rossidis, A. C., Tharakan, S. J., Bose, S. K., Shekdar, K. V., Nance, M. L., & Blinman, T. A.: Predictors of pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injury. Journal of pediatric surgery S0022-3468(17), October 2017 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.10.037.

Cooper, A. S., Friedlaender, E., Levy, S. E., Shekdar, K. V., Bradford, A. B., Wells, K. E., & Mollen, C.: The Implications of Brain MRI in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of child neurology 31(14): 1611-1616, December 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.1177/0883073816665548.

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