Aashim Bhatia, MS, MD, DABR

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Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Neuroradiologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Founder & Director, Bhatia Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Neuroradiology Research Club Coordinator, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Radiology

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 606-7358
Education:
BA (Chemistry)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 2000.
MS (Biology)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 2003.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Howard University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 2008.
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Selected Publications

Amiruddin R, Yilmaz NE, Williams T, Bloy L, Triolo E, Berman J, Kline C, LaRiviere M, Madsen PJ, Foster J, Fisher MJ, Boada F, Roberts TPL, Bhatia A.: Clinical Utility of Sodium MRI and Liquid Biopsy in Predicting Activity of Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas International Pediatric Radiology (IPR) Congress, Boston, MA June 2026 Notes: Poster presentation.

Chelsea Kotch MD MSCE1,2, Peter de Blank MD, Carlos Romo MD, Aashim Bhatia MD, Amedeo Azizi MD, Benjamin Siegel MD, Ashley Bui MD, Laura Klesse MD, Nicholas Foreman MD, Sebastien Perreault MD, Dolly Aguilera MD, Vanessa L Merker PhD, Paulina Arias Hernandez MSW, Alyssa T Reddy MD, Mekka R Garcia MD, Kaleb Yohay MD, Keri Wallace MD, Sameer Farouk Sait MBBS, Lara Orlandini MD, Walter Taal MD PhD, Nathan J Robison MD, Samuele Renzi MD, David Solomon MD PhD, Derek Wong PhD, Long Q Khuong MD MSc, Kelly D Getz PhD, Jaishri O Blakeley MD, David H Gutmann MD PhD, Anna Piotrowski MD, Michael J Fisher MD: Use of MEK Inhibitors for NF1-Associated High-Grade Glioma and High-Grade Astrocytoma with Piloid Features in Children and Young Adults: A Real-World Cohort Analysis International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO) June 2026.

L. Tyler Williams, Katrina A Milbocker, Sabrina S. Vander Wiele, Grace McIlvain, Em Triolo, N. Ece Yilmaz, Suraj Surai, Raisa Amiruddin, Peter Madsen, Lina Chihoub, Curtis L. Johnson, Timothy P. L. Roberts, Aashim Bhatia : Sodium MRI and MR Elastography as Quantitative Biomarkers in Pediatric Brain Tumors: A Translational Approach International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Cape Town, South Africa May 2026.

Laslo D, Wolleb J, Monzon M, Kottke R, Sirin S, Mueller T, Suhami D, Vogt F, Bhatia A, Gandhi D, Fathi Kazerooni A, Familiar A, Nguyen T, Jiang Z, Parida A, Gerber NU, Guerreiro Stuecklin A, Nabavizadeh A, Nazarian J, Linguraru MG, Rauschecker AM, Mueller S, Jutzeler C*, Brueningk S: Generative AI for Spatial Tumor Growth on MRI: A Proof-of-Principle Study in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Glioma. BMC Medicine May 2026 Notes: Accepted for Publication as of MONTH, YEAR.

Aashim Bhatia, David Mirsky, MD, V. Michelle Silvera, Laura De Leon Benedetti, Andria M. Powers, Jakob Matschke, Kanwal Ken Nischal : Abusive head trauma: orbital and facial trauma. Kleinman's Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse, 4th Edition April 2026.

Chhatwal, Karanjot, Hargreaves, Thomas, Pacchiano, Francesco, Alves, Cesar, Rameh, Vanessa, Goldman-Yassen, Adam Ezra, Bhatia, Aashim, Jaju, Alok, Yeom, Kristen W., Nixon, Jason, Piccirilli, Eleonora, Hilal, Kiran, Kotha, Apoorva, Gupta, Alka, Morley, Hannah, Aquilina, Kristian, Jacques, Thomas S, Merve, Ashirwad, Svrckova, Patricia, D’Arco, Felice, Gaur, Pritika, Löbel, Ulrike, Ganguly, Utsav, Sudhakar, Sniya, Biswas, Asthik, Mankad, Kshitij: Pediatric Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytomas: A Multicenter Neuroradiological and Clinical Correlation Study. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology April 2026.

Cerron-Vela CR, Gonçalves FG, Tierradentro-García LO, Viaene AN, Bhatia A, Vossough A.: Imaging Differentiation of Supratentorial Ependymoma and High-Grade Glioma in Children Using VASARI Features. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 47(3): 785-792, March 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A9001.

Bhatia, A., Triolo, E., Williams, L. T., Bloy, L., Chihoub, L., Boada, F., & Roberts, T. P. L.: Sodium (²³Na) MRI in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America 36(1): 197-208, February 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2025.09.002.

Tyler Williams, Aashim Bhatia: Sodium (23Na) MRI as a Quantitative Biomarker in Brain Tumors: A Translational Approach with a Preclinical Model. ASPNR Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL January 2026.

Marcus Meneses, Majd Saymeh, Taisa Guarilha, Lorenna Vidal, Stephanie El Omeiri, Carmen Cerron-Vella, Alex Tucker, Erin Schwartz, Aashim Bhatia : Back Pain in a Child in the Emergency Department: What a Radiologist Should Know. American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL January 2026.

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