J. Christopher Davis, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA
Attending Radiologist, Division of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Section of Emergency Radiology , Division of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
davisjc@chop.edu
davisjc@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Chemistry)
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 2014.
Permanent linkBS (Chemistry)
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 2014.
Selected Publications
J. Lavelle, MD J. Collins, MD S. Kaplan, MD B. Ku, MD M. Mittal, MBBS J. Zorc, MD D. Dao, MD C. Davis, MD K. Mulhern, PA-C M. Bleazard, MSN K. Chiotos, MD R. Same, MD K. Pough, PharmD K. Hummel, PharmD: Emergency Department Clinical Pathway for Evaluation/Treatment of Children with Suspected Appendicitis. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia December 2025 Notes: Internal publication; https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/suspected-appendicitis-emergency-department-clinical-pathway.Whitworth, H.B., Wagner, K.M., Avitabile, C.M., Blowey, B., Costello, R.A., Davis, J.C., Davis, D.H., Ellison, A.M., Giglia, T.M., Himebauch, A.S. and Houng, K.: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Pediatric Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Pathway and Pulmonary Embolism Response Team. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 26(12), December 2025.
Attaseth P, Davis JC, Zhuang H.: Rare Subcutaneous Manifestation of Rosai-Dorfman Disease on FDG PET/CT in an Adolescent. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. November 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000006244.
Lopez-Rippe J, Velez-Florez MC, Hwang R, Lerebo W, Nace G, Chen AE, Davis JC, Friedlaender E, Kaplan SL.: Transabdominal ultrasound for positive, negative, and equivocal ovarian and tubal torsion in girls. Emergency Radiology October 2025.
K. Baldwin, MD E. Szydlowski, MD T. Metjian, PharmD V. Ho Fung, MD J. C. Davis, MD D. Perks, CRNP: Emergency Department Clinical Pathway for Evaluation/Treatment of Children with Suspected Pelvic Fracture. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Internal publication; https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/child-suspected-pelvis-fracture-clinical-pathway, July 2025.
Ana Maria Dumitru, William Johnston, Allison Mak, Rosa Hwang, J. Christopher Davis1, Gary Nace, Myron Allukian.: Reduce the bowel, the hospital time, and the bill: An Iterative Quality Improvement Pathway for Management of Ileocolic Intussusception in Children. American College of Surgeons: Quality and Safety Conference. San Diego, California. July 17-20, 2025. July 2025.
Perrino M, Pinto S, Pande N, Morin C, Wee T, Davis JC, Khalatbari H, Shulkin B, Sawant D, Yi P, Smith A, Nichols KE, Abramson Z.: Imaging Approaches to Surveillance in Children With Cancer Predisposition Syndrome. AJR Am J Roentgenol . May 2025.
Bedoya MA, Iwasaka-Neder J, Chauvin NA, Samet JD, Meyers AB, Acharya PT, Morin CE, Aquino M, Davis JC, Thomas A.: Rapid MRI for acute pediatric MSK infections: survey of current utilization and procedural practices. Journal of Pediatric Radiology March 2025.
Johnston, William, Allison Mak Croughan, Rosa Hwang, Sage R. Myers, Christopher Davis, Gary Nace, and Myron Allukian. : Ileocolic Intussusception: Iterative Quality Improvement to Address a Recurring Problem Journal of Surgical Research. 301: 623-630, September 2024.
Julian Lopez-Rippe, J. Christopher Davis, Rebecca A Dennis, Summer L Kaplan, Jorge Delgado.: Impact of a 6-12-h delay between ileocolic intussusception diagnostic US and fluoroscopic reduction on patients' outcomes. Pediatric Radiology 54: 1294–1301, July 2024.