Colbey Wade Freeman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Radiologist, Department of Medical Imaging, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Active Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital
Active Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital
Attending Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiology
1 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
1 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
Lebanon Valley College, 2011.
MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2016.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
Lebanon Valley College, 2011.
MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2016.
Description of Research Expertise
Advanced ultrasound imaging of the brain, including contrast-enhanced ultrasound and microvascular imagingClinical imaging informatics
Selected Publications
Song JW, Voleti S, Huang L, Wolf R, Hassankhani A, Woo J, Kurtz R, Ware JB, Freeman C, Alkhatib S, Loevner LA: Scaling a vessel wall MR imaging program: neuroradiologists’ super-user/team experience in clinical applications and interpretations. American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting May 2025.Shraddha P, Taso M, Sellers R, Fan Z, Guggenberger K, Lyo S, Freeman C, Zhu C, Song J, Tisdall MD: Optimizing accelerated protocols for clinical T1w vessel wall imaging: a comparison of deep learning, compressed sensing, and CAIPI methods. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting May 2025.
Russek R, Zheng H, Onyeali R, Freeman C: The Golden Years: assessing the performance of an inpatient geriatrics consult service at an academic hospital. Penn Population Aging Research Center Aging Retreat May 2025.
Lyo S, Tripathi S, Freeman C, Hassankhani A, Mohan S, Kurtz R, Cook T: Analyzing trends in neuroradiology trainee discrepancies using large language models. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology May 2025.
Xu E, Karsalia K, Kost J, Malhotra RD, Gor A, Gabriel E, Napole A, Hejazi-Garcia C, McClintock SD, Butala A, Peters GW, Knollman HM, Hassankhani A, Knollman HM, Schuster JM, Freeman CW, Malhotra NR: The risk assessment and prediction tool effectively predicts postoperative disposition among patients undergoing spinal cancer surgery. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons April 2025.
Martinez-Correa S, Freeman CW, Mishra E, Morgan TM, Hwang M: Overview of the current applications of microvascular imaging ultrasound in pediatric conditions (Educational Exhibit). Annual Meeting for the Society of Pediatric Radiology April 2025.
Messing I, Alexander D, Scheuermann R, Hubley E, Freeman C, Hassankhani A, Peters G, Butala A: Reirradiation with stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases: planning procedure from a high-volume multi-disciplinary Spine Oncology Program (SOaR). American Radium Society Annual Meeting April 2025.
Davis L, Martinez-Correa S, Freeman CW, Adams C, Sultan LR, Le D, Lemessa N, Darge K, Hwang M: Ultrasound innovations in abdominal radiology: techniques and clinical applications in pediatric imaging. Abdom Radiol (NY) 50(4): 1744-1762, April 2025.
Xu E, Karsalia K, Gabriel E, Napole A, Hejazi-Garcia C, Kost J, McClintock SD, Schuster JM, Butala A, Peters GW, Hassankhani A, Knollman HM, Freeman CW, Malhotra NR: Preoperative prediction of post-operative needs after spinal tumor surgery. Spine Summit February 2025.
Roberts-Wolfe D, Freeman CW, Patel VP, Hoch MJ, Bagley LJ, Simstein R, Tewkesbury G, Voreis S, Steyer B, Hassankhani A: Neuroradiologists identify and track low value studies at the time of dictation for interdepartmental quality improvement. RSNA Annual Meeting 2024 December 2024.