Karuna V. Shekdar, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Attending Neuroradiologist, Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology, Virtua Hospital, Voorhees, NJ
Program Director, CHOP Pediatric Neuroradiology Fellowship Program, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology | Division of Neuroradiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology | Division of Neuroradiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-7142
Email:
shekdar@chop.edu
shekdar@chop.edu
Education:
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Seth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India, 1989.
Permanent linkMD (Doctor of Medicine)
Seth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India, 1989.
Selected Publications
Simsek O, Moon J, Spagnolo K, Clifford S, Alves C, Santi Vicini M, Karuna S: Spectrum of Neuroimaging Features of Histiocytosis in Children. American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, New York, NY February 2023 Notes: In press as of February 2023; Pending publication as of March 2023.Alves, C. A. P. F., Clifford, S. M., McKeown Ruggiero, S., Helbig, I., Chadehumbe, M., & Shekdar, K.: Teaching NeuroImage: Selectively Bright Inferior Cerebellum in Christianson Syndrome. Neurology 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201234, September 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201234; Online ahead of print as of March 2023.
Subramanian, S., Biswas, A., Alves, C. A. P. F., Sudhakar, S. V., Shekdar, K. V., Krishnan, P., Shroff, M., Taranath, A., Arrigoni, F., Aldinger, K. A., Leventer, R. J., Dobyns, W. B., Mankad, K: ACTA2-Related Dysgyria: An Under-Recognized Malformation of Cortical Development. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 43(1): 146-150, January 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7364.
Rossidis, A. C., Tharakan, S. J., Bose, S. K., Shekdar, K. V., Nance, M. L., & Blinman, T. A.: Predictors of pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injury. Journal of pediatric surgery S0022-3468(17), October 2017 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.10.037.
Cooper, A. S., Friedlaender, E., Levy, S. E., Shekdar, K. V., Bradford, A. B., Wells, K. E., & Mollen, C.: The Implications of Brain MRI in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of child neurology 31(14): 1611-1616, December 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.1177/0883073816665548.
Nabavizadeh, S. A., Bilaniuk, L. T., Feygin, T., Shekdar, K. V., Zimmerman, R. A., & Vossough, A.: CT and MRI of pediatric skull lesions with fluid-fluid levels. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 35(3): 604-8, March 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3712.