Christine Edmonds, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Medical Staff, Chester County Hospital
Active Medical Staff, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Active Medical Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chief of Clinical Breast Imaging Research, Penn Medicine
Interim Division Chief, Breast Imaging, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiology
3400 Spruce Street
Donner 1
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
3400 Spruce Street
Donner 1
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
BA (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Princeton University, 2004.
MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Permanent linkBA (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Princeton University, 2004.
MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Selected Publications
Dontchos B, Seiler S, Narayan A, Grimm L, Edmonds C, Lam DL, Lawson MB, Miles R.: "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Same-Day Breast Imaging Services: clinical review, implications, and future directions" Journal of Breast Imaging July 2026.Zeballos Torrez CR, Edmonds CE, Nunes LW, Brewer-Hofmann A, Perez-Rojas S, Yan J, Fayanju OM, Englander B, Elmore LC: Time to Diagnostic Resolution in Mobile Mammography Versus Urban Hospital-Based Breast Cancer Screening. Academic Radiology 33(4): 1264-1272, April 2026.
Grimm LJ, Dodelzon K, Bhole S, Edmonds CE, Mullen LA, Parikh JR, Daly CP, Epling JA, Christensen S, Dontchos BN: "Patients are generally supportive of artificial intelligence in breast imaging: a multi-site survey of breast imaging patients" Journal of Breast Imaging March 2026.
Mahmoud MA, Chen J, Edmonds CE, Fayanju OM, Zeballos Torrez CR, McCarthy AM: Black-White Racial Differences in Background Parenchymal Enhancement at Breast MRI. Radiology 318, January 2026.
Mahmoud MA, Fayanju OM, McCarthy AM, Zeballos Torrez CR, Edmonds CE: Exploring Imaging Biomarkers to Improve Equity in Supplemental and High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening Between Black and White Women: A Perspective on Background Parenchymal Enhancement and Breast Density Clinical Breast Cancer January 2026.
O'Brien SR, Zuckerman S, Bhuiyan M, Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds CE: Breast MRI: an Overview. Essentials in Women's Imaging Leesburg. American Roentgen Ray Society, Page: 27-36, 2026.
Mahmoud MA, Edmonds CE, Barufaldi B, Nguyen A, Fayanju OM, Sore R, Ehsan S, Zeballos Torrez CR, Chen J, Kontos D, McCarthy AM.: Racial Differences in Quantitative Background Parenchymal Enhancement on Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cancer November 2025.
Brian N. Dontchos, Katerina Dodelzon, Sonya Bhole, Christine E. Edmonds, Lisa A. Mullen, Jay R. Parikh, Carolyn P. Daly, James A. Epling, Soren Christensen, Lars J. Grimm.: Opinions and preferences regarding artificial intelligence use in healthcare delivery: results from a national multi-site survey of breast imaging patients Journal of the American College of Radiology Sept 2025.
Edmonds CE, McCarthy AM, Zeballos Torrez C, Mahmoud MA, Ginzberg SP, Elmore LC, Fayanju OM: Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Among Black Women: A Path Toward Equity Journal of Breast Imaging 7(4): 395-407, September 2025.
Mattia A. Mahmoud; Sarah Ehsan; Sara P. Ginzberg; Susan M. Domchek; Katherine L. Nathanson; Emily F. Conant; Despina Kontos; Jinbo Chen; Christine E. Edmonds; Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju; Anne Marie McCarthy: Racial Differences in Screening Eligibility by Breast Density After State-Level Insurance Expansion. JAMA Network Open August 2025.