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Misun Hwang, MD, MSTR, MBA
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Attending Radiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
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Director, Section of Neonatal Imaging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
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Staff Radiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
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Department: Radiology
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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3a 3401 Civic Center Blvd.
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3a 3401 Civic Center Blvd.
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Office: 267-426-2018
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Education:
21 a BS/BA 1a (Biology/Music) c
3b Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2006.
21 7 MD 1f (Doctor of Medicine) c
45 Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2010.
21 9 MSTR 38 (Master of Science in Translational Research) c
7d Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA , 2021.
21 8 MBA 5c (Master of Business Administration (Enrolled, Planned Graduation in Spring 2025)) c
56 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign County, IL, 2025.
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21 9 MSTR 38 (Master of Science in Translational Research) c
7d Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA , 2021.
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Description of Clinical Expertise
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Description of Research Expertise
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1ff Flanders TM, Hwang M, Julian NW, Sarris CE, Flibotte JJ, DeMauro SB, Munson DA, Heimall LM, Collins YC, Bamberski JM, Sturak MA, Storm PB, Lang SS, Heuer GG: Neuroendoscopic lavage for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: preliminary results at a single institution in the United States. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics Page: 1-8, January 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.3171/2024.10.PEDS24119; Online ahead of print as of February 2025.
191 Baker WB, Forti RM, Heye P, Heye K, Lynch JM, Yodh AG, Licht DJ, White BR, Hwang M, Ko TS, Kilbaugh TJ.: Modified Beer-Lambert algorithm to measure pulsatile blood flow, critical closing pressure, and intracranial hypertension. Biomedical optics express 9(15): 5511-5532, August 2024 Notes: eCollection; DOI: 10.1364/BOE.529150.
16d Chaudhary S, Akter N, Pathour T, Kian Pour B, Rastegar G, Menon A, Brown KG, Fei B, Hwang M, Sirsi SR: Development and Characterization of Hemoglobin Microbubbles for Acoustic Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging. ACS sensors 6(9): 2826-2835, June 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c02349.
17d Riggs, B. J., Martinez-Correa, S., Stern, J., Tierradentro-Garcia, L. O., Haddad, S., Anupindi, S., Back, S. J., Darge, K., & Hwang, M: Intravenous administration of ultrasound contrast to critically ill pediatric patients. Pediatric Radiology 54(5): 820-830, May 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-024-05898-5.
147 Zhang Z, Hwang M, Kilbaugh TJ, Katz J: Improving sub-pixel accuracy in ultrasound localization microscopy using supervised and self-supervised deep learning. Measurement Science & Technology 35(4): 045701, April 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/ad1671.
16c Shin SS, Chattaraj R, Viaene AN, Karmacharya MB, Haddad S, Degani R, Sridharan A, Sehgal C, Lee D, Kilbaugh TF, Hwang M: Brain Targeted Xenon Protects Cerebral Vasculature After Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma 40(13-14): 1470-1480, July 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0468.
14e Tierradentro-García LO, Saade-Lemus S, Freeman C, Kirschen M, Huang H, Vossough A, Hwang M: Cerebral Blood Flow of the Neonatal Brain after Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury. American Journal of Perinatology 40(5): 475-488, April 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731278.
151 Tierradentro-García LO, Sridharan A, Hwang M: Transtemporal brain contrast-enhanced ultrasound in children: Preliminary experience in patients without neurological disorders. Journal of ultrasound 26(1): 201-210, March 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s40477-022-00713-z.
1a6 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: official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 42(1): 17-26, January 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1002/jum.15995.
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177 Martinez-Correa S, Freeman CW, Lerebo WT, Taragin BH, Moats A, Haddad S, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, Hwang M.: Added Value of Microvascular Imaging for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Strokes in Newborns and Infants. Pediatric Neurology 165: 1-8, April 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.01.010.1ff Flanders TM, Hwang M, Julian NW, Sarris CE, Flibotte JJ, DeMauro SB, Munson DA, Heimall LM, Collins YC, Bamberski JM, Sturak MA, Storm PB, Lang SS, Heuer GG: Neuroendoscopic lavage for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: preliminary results at a single institution in the United States. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics Page: 1-8, January 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.3171/2024.10.PEDS24119; Online ahead of print as of February 2025.
191 Baker WB, Forti RM, Heye P, Heye K, Lynch JM, Yodh AG, Licht DJ, White BR, Hwang M, Ko TS, Kilbaugh TJ.: Modified Beer-Lambert algorithm to measure pulsatile blood flow, critical closing pressure, and intracranial hypertension. Biomedical optics express 9(15): 5511-5532, August 2024 Notes: eCollection; DOI: 10.1364/BOE.529150.
16d Chaudhary S, Akter N, Pathour T, Kian Pour B, Rastegar G, Menon A, Brown KG, Fei B, Hwang M, Sirsi SR: Development and Characterization of Hemoglobin Microbubbles for Acoustic Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging. ACS sensors 6(9): 2826-2835, June 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c02349.
17d Riggs, B. J., Martinez-Correa, S., Stern, J., Tierradentro-Garcia, L. O., Haddad, S., Anupindi, S., Back, S. J., Darge, K., & Hwang, M: Intravenous administration of ultrasound contrast to critically ill pediatric patients. Pediatric Radiology 54(5): 820-830, May 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-024-05898-5.
147 Zhang Z, Hwang M, Kilbaugh TJ, Katz J: Improving sub-pixel accuracy in ultrasound localization microscopy using supervised and self-supervised deep learning. Measurement Science & Technology 35(4): 045701, April 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/ad1671.
16c Shin SS, Chattaraj R, Viaene AN, Karmacharya MB, Haddad S, Degani R, Sridharan A, Sehgal C, Lee D, Kilbaugh TF, Hwang M: Brain Targeted Xenon Protects Cerebral Vasculature After Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma 40(13-14): 1470-1480, July 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0468.
14e Tierradentro-García LO, Saade-Lemus S, Freeman C, Kirschen M, Huang H, Vossough A, Hwang M: Cerebral Blood Flow of the Neonatal Brain after Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury. American Journal of Perinatology 40(5): 475-488, April 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731278.
151 Tierradentro-García LO, Sridharan A, Hwang M: Transtemporal brain contrast-enhanced ultrasound in children: Preliminary experience in patients without neurological disorders. Journal of ultrasound 26(1): 201-210, March 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s40477-022-00713-z.
1a6 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: official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 42(1): 17-26, January 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1002/jum.15995.
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