David Tischfield, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Medical Staff, Phoenixville Hospital, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Active Medical Staff, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Active Medical Staff, The Chester County Hospital, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Active Medical Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
1 Silverstein Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
1 Silverstein Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
dtis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
dtis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Neurobiology Cum Laude)
Harvard College, 2009.
PhD (Biomedical Graduate Studies)
University of Pennsylvania, 2016.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Permanent linkBA (Neurobiology Cum Laude)
Harvard College, 2009.
PhD (Biomedical Graduate Studies)
University of Pennsylvania, 2016.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Selected Publications
Bukola Adebesin, BS, David Tischfield, MD, PhD, Alexander Zavriyev BS, Molly Sheehan, PhD, Ariful Islam BS, MA, Vera Shattuck, Daniel Ackerman, PhD, Steve Kadlecek, PhD, Terence Gade, MD, PhD. : Hyperpolarized 1-13C-Pyruvate Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Distinguishes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Genetic Subgroups In Vivo. International Society for Magnetic Resonance Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii May 2025.Choi K, Henderson NT, Feierman ER, Louzon S, Galanaugh J, Davatolhagh F, Bhandaru I, Tischfield DJ, Anderson SA, Korb E, Fuccillo MV: Control of striatal circuit development by the chromatin regulator Zswim6. Sci Adv 11(3): eadq6663, Jan 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adq6663.
Luis Octavio Tierradentro-Garcia, MD; Katerina Lee, MD; Sophia R. O’Brien, MD, MSEd; David Tischfield, MD, PhD; Austin Patel, MD, MSTR; Karthik Sundaram, MD, PhD: PSMA PET/CT Radiotracer Uptake in the Prostate: It’s Not Always Cancer. SNNMI Northeast Regional Meeting, Newport, RI Nov 2024.
Weinfurtner, K., Tischfield, D. J., McClung, G., Crainic, J., Gordan, J., Jiao, J., Furth, E. E., Li, W.,Supan, E. T., Nadolski, G. J., Hunt, S. J., Kaplan, D. E., Gade, T. P. F. : Human GM-CSF/IL-3 enhance tumor immune infiltration in humanized HCC patient-derived xenografts. Journal of Hepatology Reports 2024 Notes: In press. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101264.
Tischfield D, Adebesin B, Noji M, Zavriyev A, Supan E, Islam A, Li J, Kadlecek S, Ackerman D, Gade T: Hyperpolarized Metabolic Imaging of BCAT1 Activity: A Novel In Vivo Biomarker of the Master Cell Growth Regulator mTOR. World Molecular Imaging Conference, Prague, Czech Republic Sept 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Xiang DH, Snyder A, Capua JD, Galla N, Tischfield DJ, Lewis T, Somani S, Sucher A, Ahmed M, Daye D.: Mentorship in Interventional Radiology: Addressing Obstacles to Pursuing Research and Innovation Among IR Trainees. Acad Radiol 29(8): 1275-1281, Aug 2022.
Tischfield DJ, Gurevich A, Johnson O, Gatmaytan I, Nadolski GJ, Soulen MC, Kaplan DE, Furth E, Hunt SJ, Gade TPF: Transarterial Embolization Modulates the Immune Response within Target and Nontarget Hepatocellular Carcinomas in a Rat Model. Radiology 303(1): 215-225, Apr 2022.
Hong CX, Meer E, Cioban M, Tischfield DJ, Hassani DB, Harvie HS: Position and orientation of vaginal pessaries in situ on magnetic resonance imaging Int Urogynecol J 33(2): 369-376, Feb 2022.
Tischfield DJ, Gurevich A, Johnson O, Gatmaytan I, Nadolski GJ, Soulen MC, Kaplan DE, Furth E, Hunt SJ, Gade TPF : Transarterial embolization modulates the immune response within target and non-target hepatocellular carcinomas in a translational rat model. Pennsylvania Radiological Society Annual Meeting, Valley Forge, PA Sept 2021 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Fitzgerald M, Sotuyo N, Tischfield DJ, Anderson SA: Generation of cerebral cortical GABAergic interneurons from pluripotent stem cells Stem Cells 38(11): 1375-1386, Nov 2020.