Erum Aftab Hartung, MD, MTR
 
	    		Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
          Co-Director, Combined Kidney/Liver Program, Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
              Director, Summer Scholars Program, Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
              Co-Director, Advanced Skills in Clinical Research program for CHOP Pediatrics Residents, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
              Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
              Co-Director, Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation Centers of Excellence Program - Pediatric Clinic
              Co-Director, Inherited Kidney Diseases Program
          Department: Pediatrics
	  
		  
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		  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Buerger Center 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
	    3500 Civic Center Blvd
Buerger Center 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
	    	      	      Office: 215-590-2449
Fax: 215-590-3705
	      	    	      	    	    
	              Fax: 215-590-3705
Email: 
hartunge@chop.edu
        	  hartunge@chop.edu
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		Education:
BS (Pre-medicine)
Pennsylvania State University, 1999.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2001.
MTR (Translational Research)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2015.
 
			  
	 
		
		
		
	  	  Permanent linkBS (Pre-medicine)
Pennsylvania State University, 1999.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2001.
MTR (Translational Research)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2015.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Polycystic kidney disease, genetic kidney disease, kidney transplantDescription of Research Expertise
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease; genetic kidney disease; kidney and liver imaging; clinical researchSelected Publications
Maya C, Hartung EA, Carson RH, Darge K, Anupindi S: Comparison between the standard gradient echo (GRE) sequence and echo planar imaging (EPI) sequences in MR Elastography in a pediatric population. European Society of Paediatric Radiology Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland May 2017 Notes: Oral presentation (C. Maya).Elchediak DS, Cahill AM, Furth EE, Kaplan BS, Hartung EA: Extracranial aneurysms in two patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis. Karger, 7(2): 34-42, May 2017 Notes: DOI: 10.1159/000475492.
Back SJ, Hartung EA, Ntoulia A, Darge K: Imaging in Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Thieme Medical Publishers, 12(1): 72-88, Mar 2017 Notes: DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1599121.
Dell KM, Matheson M, Hartung EA, Warady BA, Furth SL: Kidney disease progression in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. The Journal of Pediatrics 171(1): 196-201, Apr 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.12.079. Epub 2016 Jan 28.
Hartung EA, Darge K: Quantification of Liver Disease Severity in Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD) Using Ultrasound Elastography with Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) [abstract] Journal of the American Society of Nephrology / ASN Kidney Week, Chicago, IL Nov 2016 Notes: Poster.
Hartung EA, Dell KM, Matheson M, Warady BA, Furth SL: Growth in Children with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease in the CKiD Cohort Study. Frontiers in Pediatrics 4: 82, August 2016 Notes: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2016.00082.
Hartung EA, Kim JY, Laney N, Hooper SR, Radcliffe J, Port AM, Gur RC, Furth SL.: Evaluation of neurocognition in youth with chronic kidney disease using a novel computerized neurocognitive battery. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 11(1): 39-46, Jan 2016 Notes: doi: 10.2215/CJN.02110215. Epub 2015 Oct 23.
Ruebner RL, Laney N, Kim JY, Hartung EA, Hooper SR, Radcliffe J, Furth SL: Neurocognitive dysfunction in children and young adults with chronic kidney disease. American Journal of Kidney Disease 67(4): 567-75, Apr 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.08.025. Epub 2015 Oct 21.
Hartung EA, Laney N, Kim JY, Ruebner RL, Detre JA, Liu H, Davatzikos C, Erus G, Doshi JJ, Schultz RT, Herrington JD, Jawad AF, Moodalbail DG, Gur RC, Port AM, Radcliffe J, Hooper SR, Furth SL: Design and methods of the NiCK study: neurocognitive assessment and magnetic resonance imaging analysis of children and young adults with chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrology 16(1): 66, Apr 2015 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0061-1.
Hooper SR, Laney N, Radcliffe J, Moodalbail D, Hartung EA, Ruebner RL, Jawad AF, Furth SL: Executive functioning in children, adolescents, and young adults with chronic kidney disease. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 36(9): 734-42, Nov-Dec 2015 Notes: doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000221.
Hartung EA, Matheson M, Lande MB, Dell KM, Guay-Woodford LM, Gerson AC, Warady BA, Hooper SR, Furth SL: Neurocognition in children with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease in the CKiD cohort study. Pediatric Nephrology. Springer, 29(10): 1957-1965, October 2014 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00467-014-2816-5. Epub 2014 May 15.
