Lisa J. States, MD
Professor of Clinical Radiology
Attending Radiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Active Medical Staff, 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
Alberto D Guerra, Nicholas F Evageliou, Vandana Batra, Kristen L Dalton, Stephanie Ortel, Usman Ashraf, Tricia R Bhatti, Lisa J States, Lea F Surrey, Theodore W Laetsch: A High-Sensitivity Circulating Nucleic Acid Sequencing Assay for Assessing Treatment Response to Alectinib in a Pediatric Patient With ALK-Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Pediatric Blood Cancer 11: e70322, April 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1002/1545-5017.70322 Online ahead of print.Chauhan A, White AM, Vatsky SE, Otero HJ, Hamilton TE, Lerebo W, Velazquez Guzman AJ, Akbari E, Rapp JB: How we do it: artery of Adamkiewicz evaluation by CTA in children. Pediatric Radiology 56(3): 629-637, Mar 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00247-026-06533-1. Epub 2026 Feb 7.
Attaseth P, Alkhulaifat D, States LJ: Predictive Value of Pretreatment SUVmax on 18 F-FDG PET Imaging for Survival Outcomes of Synovial Sarcoma in Pediatric Patients. Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology 48(2): 75-81, Mar 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000003169. Epub 2026 Feb 11.
Zheng M, Davis LM, States LJ, Zhuang H: Extensive Isolated Intracranial Recurrence of Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma on FDG PET Imaging. Clinical Nuclear Medicine Mar 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000006446. Epub ahead of print.
Chauhan A, El Omeiri S, Prodigios J, Pogoriler J, Corcoran A, White AM, Biko DM, Otero HJ, Piccione J, Rapp JB: Endobronchial Lesions in Children: Radiologic, Bronchoscopic, and Pathologic Correlation. Radiographics 46(3): e250115, Mar 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1148/rg.250115.
Treves ST, Fahey FH, Valencia VF, Burchell N, Burton C, Czachowski M, Grant FD, Lai H, Lim R, Nadel H, Pampaloni MH, Pandit-Taskar N, Parisi M, Seghers V, Shah S, Shulkin B, States L, Vali R, Yoo D, Zukotynski K.: Summary of the 2024 Update of the North American Guidelines for Pediatric Administered Radiopharmaceutical Activities. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 67(3): 341-342, Mar 2026 Notes: doi: 10.2967/jnumed.125.270478.
States LJ, Francis P, Hamel ER, Becker SA, De Leon DD.: Evaluation of Congenital Hyperinsulinism Using 18F-FDOPA PET. PET Clinics 14(25): S1556-8598, Jan 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2025.11.001. Epub ahead of print.
Desai AV, Naranjo A, LaBarre B, Chen L, Goldsmith KC, Granger MP, States L, Green SG, Trunzo M, Fitzgerald W, DuBois SG, Bagatell R, Park JR, Marachelian A.: A pilot study of chemoimmunotherapy in the postconsolidation setting for high-risk neuroblastoma (ANBL19P1): A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer 132(2): e70165, January 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1002/cncr.70165.
Zheng M, Davis LM, States LJ, Zhuang H.: Extensive Isolated Intracranial Recurrence of Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma on FDG PET imaging. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 51, 2026 Notes: In press as of March 2026.
Ortiz J, Seif AE, States L, Mehta S, MacFarland SP, Zheng DJ: Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin-Induced Veno-Occlusive Disease in a Pediatric Patient With Multiply Relapsed Germ Cell Tumor. Pediatr Blood Cancer 72(10), Oct 2025 Notes: e31945. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31945. Epub 2025 Jul 25.