Kassa Darge, MD, PhD, FSAR, FESUR, DTM&P

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Professor of Radiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Official Affiliate, Division of Urology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia [CHOP], Philadelphia, PA
Member, Radiology D-COAP, Departmental Committee on Appointments and Promotion, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology
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Office of the Radiologist-in-Chief
Department of Radiology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia [CHOP]
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

CHOP North West Tower [3. floor], Room 3NW16/17
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-7110
Fax: 215-590-5797
Lab: 267-425-7110
Email: darge@email.chop.edu
Publications

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 The Society of Pediatric Radiology [SPR]
European Society of Paediatric Radiology [ESPR]
Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Radiologie e.V. [GPR]
Custom-made functional MR urography [MRU] analysis free software Publication: Pediatric Radiology 2010;40:182-199 Functional analysis in MR urography - made simple! D. Khrichenko, K. Darge
Education:
MD (Pre-Med & Medicine)
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1986.
 DTM&P (Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Parasitology )
Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, 1990.
 Dr. med. (Medicine)
Faculty of Medicine, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany [summa cum laude], 1997.
 PhD (Diagnostic Radiology)
Faculty of Medicine, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 2001.
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Description of Research Expertise

Ultrasound advanced modalities - 3D, elastography, contrast US
Ultrasound contrast agent - children
Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography
MR urography - morphology and function - children
Bowel ultrasound - children

Description of Clinical Expertise

Pediatric urogential radiology
Pediatric gastrointestinal radiology

Selected Publications

Elsingergy MM, Bellah RD, Back SJ, Weiss DA, Darge K: Retrograde urethrography in children: a decade of experience at a children's hospital. Pediatric Radiology 53(5): 862-874, May 2023 Notes: [doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05589-7. Epub 2023 Feb 17.]

 Chin HB, Krall JR, Goldberg M, Stanczyk FZ, Darge K, Stallings VA, Rogan WJ, Umbach DM, Baird DD: Early life anti-Müllerian hormone trajectories in infant girls. Epidemiology March 2023 Notes: [2023 Mar 16. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001610. Online ahead of print.]

 Calle-Toro JS, Otero H, Maya CL, Delgado J, Weiss DA, Long CJ, Zderic SA, Darge K, Back SJ: Ultrasound shear wave elastography cannot discriminate between low- and high-pressure neurogenic bladders. Journal of Pediatric Urology 18(3): 326.e1-326.e8, June 2022 Notes: [doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2022.03.016. Epub 2022 Mar 23]

 Hwang M, Back SJ, Van Batavia J, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, Darge K, Zderic SA: Ultrasound-estimated bladder weight correlates with videourodynamic studies in neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine April 2022 Notes: [2022 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/jum.15995. Online ahead of print.]

 Perucca G, de Lange C, Franchi-Abella S, Napolitano M, Riccabona M, Ključevšek D, Toso S, Herrmann J, Stafrace S, Darge K, Damasio MB, Bruno C, Woźniak MM, Lobo L, Ibe D, Smets AM, Petit P, Müller LO: Radiologic follow-up in Fontan-associated liver disease in Europe: European Society of Paediatric Radiology survey demonstrates the need for a consensus protocol. Pediatric Radiology 51(13): 2607-2610, December 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00247-021-05172-y. Epub 2021 Oct 16.

 Viteri B, Calle-Toro JS, Ballester L, Darge K, Furth S, Khrichenko D, Van Batavia J, Otero H: Potential benefits of functional magnetic resonance urography (fMRU) over MAG3 renal scan in children with obstructive uropathy. Journal of Pediatric Urology 17(5), October 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.07.005. Epub 2021 Jul 10.

 Schaal MC, Gendler L, Ammann B, Eberhardt N, Janda A, Morbach H, Darge K, Girschick H, Beer M: Imaging in non-bacterial osteomyelitis in children and adolescents: diagnosis, differential diagnosis and follow-up-an educational review based on a literature survey and own clinical experiences. Insights into Imaging 12(1): 113, August 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s13244-021-01059-6.

 Chin HB, Kelley A, Adgent MA, Patchel SA, James K, Vesper HW, Botelho JC, Chandler DW, Zemel BS, Schall JI, Ford EG, Darge K, Stallings VA, Baird DD, Rogan WJ, Umbach DM: Reproductive hormone concentrations and associated anatomical responses: does soy formula affect minipuberty in boys? The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 106(9): 2635–2645, May 2021 Notes: doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab354.

 Sridharan A, Riggs B, Darge K, Huisman TAGM, Hwang M: The wash-out of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for evaluation of hypoxic ischemic injury in neonates and infants: Preliminary findings. Ultrasound Quarterly 38(1): 36-42, April 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000560.

 Nguyen JC, Guariento A, Nicholson A, Nguyen MK, Gendler L, Ho-Fung V, Zhu X, Talwar D, Darge K, Flynn JM, Cahill PJ: Hand bone age radiography: Comparison between slot-scanning and conventional techniques. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics 41(2): e167-e173, February 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001710.
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