Lisa J. States, MD
Professor of Clinical Radiology
Attending Radiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Radiologist, Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Section of Oncologic Imaging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Endowed Chair for Molecular Imaging, 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 Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-7146
Fax: 267-425-7068
Fax: 267-425-7068
Email:
states@chop.edu
states@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Human Biology)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1985.
MD (Medicine)
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY, 1989.
Permanent linkBA (Human Biology)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1985.
MD (Medicine)
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY, 1989.
Description of Research Expertise
Interpretation of 18 FDOPA PET/CT used for the localization of a focal lesion of congenital hyperinsulinism.Sponsor and Principle Investigator. PROTOCOL: Expanded Access 18F-DOPA PET/CT.
Metaiodobenzylguanidine (131 I-MIBG) Therapy for Refractory Neuroblastoma and Paraganglioma/ Pheochromocytoma Expanded access protocol
Thyroid Gland Screening Surveillance in Childhood Cancer Survivors after Radiotherapy
PET/MRI Protocol Optimization. PI.
NEPENTHE Trial. Co-Investigator.
Description of Clinical Expertise
pediatric oncologypediatric nuclear medicine and Molecular Imaging
Pediatric PET/CT scan
Pediatric PET/MRI
Congenital hyperinsulinism imaging with 18FDOPA
musculoskeletal MRI
Description of Other Expertise
Lu-177 therapy protocolsSelected Publications
Voss S, Greer ML, Doria A, Shkumat N, Akbari E, Brodeur G, States L.: Radiation concepts and considerations for pediatric cancer predisposition syndrome surveillance: A report from the 2023 AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Workshop. Clinical Cancer Research June 2025 Notes: CCR-25-0597R (AACR); In press as of June 2025.Prodigios J, States LJ, El Omeiri S, Lerebo W, Rapp JB: Detection of lung nodules in children comparing FDG PET/MR, T2WI, and ZTE with CT. European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Bucharest, Romania June 2025 Notes: Oral presentation.
Burrill N, Teefey CP, Wright R, Huynh MH, Schindewolf E, Pilchman L, Crane H, Noyes AG, Roman A, Gulersen M, Moldenhauer JS: Phenotypic Expansion: Fetus With Cole-Carpenter Type 2 Presenting With Novel Neonatal Lethal Skeletal Dysplasia. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 197(5): e63988, May 2025.
Yang AT, States LJ, Batra V. Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania: Role of fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) in therapeutic decision making for pediatric malignant germ cell tumors (mGCT). Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium (MaGIC) Annual Meeting, Pacific Grove, CA May 2025 Notes: Poster presentation.
States, L: Role of PET?MR imaging in the management if pure erythroid sarcoma of the pediatric central nervous system. American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA May 2025 Notes: #981; Poster presentation.
Maleki N, Albalooshi B, States L, Aboian M.: Advancing Pediatric Neuro-Oncology: The Power of PET/MRI. American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA May 2025 Notes: #667; Poster presentation.
Davis LM, Ntoulia A, Lerebo W, Kalish JM, MacFarland SP, Dennis R, States L, Darge K, Back SJ: Assessing focal liver lesions in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound or MRI. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course, Honolulu, HI April 2025 Notes: Oral presentation.
Mosse YP, Polkosnik G, Pogoriler J, Mattei P, States LJ, Maris JM.: Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Inhibition Therapy for Hereditary Neuroblastoma. JCO precision oncology 9: e2400886, April 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1200/PO-24-00886; Online ahead of print as of June 2025.
Berg S, States LJ: Curie Scoring: A How-To Guide for the Evaluation of Neuroblastoma. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course, Honolulu, HI April 2025 Notes: Poster presentation.
Maleki N, Amiruddin R, States L, Aboian M: Clinical Use of PET/MRI in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology: A Focus on Complex Head and Neck Tumors and Brain Metastases. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course, Honolulu, HI April 2025 Notes: Poster presentation.