Aashim Bhatia, MS, MD, DABR

Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Neuroradiologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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.
Permanent linkBA (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.
Selected Publications
Bhatia A, Kline C, Madsen PJ, Fisher MJ, Boada FE, Roberts TPL.: Sodium MRI in Pediatric Brain Tumors. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 1(46): 1309-1317, July 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8642.Yu B, Kline C, Hoare O, Jung J, Knowles T, Ranavaya A, Minturn J, Banerjee A, Leary S, Crotty E, Abdelbaki M, Whipple N, Goldman S, Margol A, Bhatia A, Dababo N, George E, Nabavizadeh A, Pampaloni MH, Inagaki A, Collins S, Chuntova P, Barcova M, Patel TS, Phillips J, Prados M, Molinaro A, Gupta N, Raffel C, Cole K, Kasahara N, Diaz AA, Mueller S.: Measles oncolytic virus as an immunotherapy for recurrent/refractory pediatric medulloblastoma and atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor: results from PNOC005. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research June 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-3721; Online ahead of print as of July 2025.
Farmakis SG, Bhatia A, John SD, Martinez M, Milla SS, Pfeifer C, Schiess DM.: Myth Busted! Dispelling Myths Surrounding Pediatric Radiology as a Career. Journal of American College of Radiology:JACR April 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2025.04.022. Online ahead of print.
Rameh V, Löbel U, D'Arco F, Bhatia A, Mankad K, Poussaint TY, Alves CA.: Cortically Based Brain Tumors in Children: A Decision-Tree Approach in the Radiology Reading Room. AJNR. American Journal of neuroradiology 8(46): 11-23, January 2025 Notes: doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A8477.
Rameh V, Löbel U, D'Arco F, Bhatia A, Mankad K, Poussaint TY, Alves CA.: Cortically Based Brain Tumors in Children: A Decision-Tree Approach in the Radiology Reading Room. AJNR American Journal of neuroradiology 46(1): 11-23, January 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8477.
Simsek O, Sheth N, Manteghinejad A, Wannasarnmetha M, Roberts TP, Bhatia A.: Arterial Spin-Labeling Perfusion Lightbulb Sign: An Imaging Biomarker of Pediatric Posterior Fossa Hemangioblastoma. AJNR. American Journal of neuroradiology 45(11): 1784-1790, November 2024 Notes: doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A8391.
Simsek O, Sheth N, Manteghinejad A, Wannasarnmetha M, Roberts TP, Bhatia A: ASL Perfusion Lightbulb Sign: An Imaging Biomarker of Pediatric Posterior Fossa Hemangioblastoma. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 45(11): 1784-1790, November 2024 Notes: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8391.
Chu, L; Bhatia, A: AI in Radiology: Transforming Workflows & Efficiency. Radiology PODCAST - Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) November 2024 Notes: *Feature speaker on Podcast; https://rsnaradiology.libsyn.com/
Bhatia, A: The Impact of Funding SPR REF Grants is Far-Reaching. Foundational Insights Newsletter of the Society for Pediatric Radiology Research and Education Foundation (SPR REF) 3rd Quarter, Nov 2024 Notes: Discussant on the impact of his 2022 SPR REF Pilot Award and his project "Quantitative Direct Sodium Magnetic Resonance Imaging (23Na-MRI) of Low-Grade Gliomas in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1; https://www.spr.org/spr-ref.
Alpert E, Wood JN, Shults J, Lindberg DM, Campbell KA, Bhatia A, Anderst JD, Bachim A, Berger RP, Brink FW, Frasier LD, Harper N, Laub N, Melville J, Leonard J, Henry MK: Variation in use of neuroimaging in the care of infants undergoing subspecialty evaluations for abuse: A multicenter study. Academic pediatrics S1876-2859(24): 00543-6, Oct 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.009; Online ahead of print as of December 2024.