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Summer L. Kaplan, MS, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
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Attending Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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Attending Radiologist, Section of Emergency Radiology, Division of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Teleradiologist, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Chester, PA
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Associate Chair of Quality, Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Co-Director, Enterprise Point of Care Ultrasound, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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4f University of Oregon, Clark Honors College, Eugene, OR, 2000.
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aa Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Biomedical Graduate Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.
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8d Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2008.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

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Description of Other Expertise

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Description of Research Expertise

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Selected Publications

115 Aboud Syriana, L; Kaplan, SL: Tubo-Ovarian Abscess in Non-Sexually Active Pediatric Female Patients. American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting and Scientific Program, Pittsburgh, PA April 2026 Notes: Presentation 14

17b Lopez-Rippe, J., Velez-Florez, M. C., Hwang, R., Lerebo, W., Nace, G., Chen, A. E., Davis, J. C., Friedlaender, E., & Kaplan, S. L.: Transabdominal ultrasound for positive, negative, and equivocal ovarian and tubal torsion in girls. Emergency radiology February 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s10140-025-02399-2.

 24b Anstey, J., Bhasin, A., Franco-Sadud, R., Maw, A., Mathews, B. K., Dancel, R., Tierney, D. M., Haro, E. K., Cho, J., Schott, C., Boesch, B., Liu, G. Y., Reierson, K., Jensen, T. P., Nathanson, R., Candotti, C., Johnson, G., Wong, T., Salame, G., Galen, B., Kaplan, SL., … Soni, N. J.: Defining minimum image quality criteria for common diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound images: A position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Journal of hospital medicine February 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1002/jhm.70156.

 1a7 Viteri, B., Morales-Tisnés, T., Logan, J., Zee, J., Kaplan, S., Back, S. J., Hartung, E. A., Pradhan, M., Guay-Woodford, L., Furth, S. L., Amaral, S., Tasian, G. E., & Otero, H. J.: US-derived Pediatric Kidney Length and Volume Percentiles by Age: A Big Data Approach. Radiology. Artificial intelligence January 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1148/ryai.250056.

 1ae Jalloul, M., Anupindi, S. A., Venkatakrishna, S. S. B., Srinivasan, A. S., Acord, M. R., Delgado, J., Onyango, L. C., Siu Navarro, Y. J., Reid, J. R., Dennis, R., Rigby, V. A., Kaplan, S. L., & Serai, S. D.: Pediatric 3D MRCP imaging: strategies for enhancing exam quality. Abdominal radiology (New York) January 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00261-025-05063-y.

 103 Gokli, A., Jalloul, M., Larsen, E., Kaplan, S. L., & Victoria, T.: Female-to-female aggression in the workplace. Pediatric radiology November 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-025-06345-9.

 118 Kaplan, S. L., & Delgado, J.: Intussusception Reduction: Counterpoint-In the Age of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Reduction Is Urgent, Not Emergent. American journal of roentgenology(AJR) October 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.2214/AJR.25.33888 2a Online ahead of print.

 17c Manteghinejad A, Meneses M, Lopez-Rippe J, Kaplan S.: Pediatric Liver Size: New Ultrasound-Based Reference Standards. Pennsylvania Radiological Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2025. Pennsylvania Radiological Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2025 September 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation.

 140 Jalloul, M., Hutchinson, M. L., Norris, C. F., Kozak, B. L., & Kaplan, S. L.: A coaching model for sonographers: enhancing skill competency in transcranial Doppler examinations. Pediatric radiology June 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-025-06257-8.

 13b Krotenok, P., & Kaplan, S.: Hospital Price Transparency in Action: An Analysis of Radiology Procedure Price Variation in Children's Hospitals Between 2023 and 2024. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR May 2025 Notes: Advance online publication. 34 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2025.04.037.

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