Fernando Alfonso Escobar, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Attending Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Divisions of Interventional Radiology and Body Imaging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-3997
Education:
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, 1995.
Permanent linkMD (Doctor of Medicine)
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, 1995.
Selected Publications
Bedoya, M. A., Raffini, L., Durand, R., Acord, M. R., Srinivasan, A., Krishnamurthy, G., Vatsky, S., Escobar, F., & Cahill, A. M: Implantable venous access devices in children with severe hemophilia: a tertiary pediatric institutional experience. Pediatric radiology. Springer, 50(8): 1148-1155, July 2020 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-020-04668-3Gokli, A., Pinto, E., Escobar, F. A., Krishnamurthy, G., Smith, C. L., & Biko, D. M.: Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound: Use in the Management of Lymphorrhea in Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology: JVIR. Elsevier, 31(9): 1511-1513, September 2020.
Barrera CA, Victoria T, Escobar FA, Krishnamurthy G, Smith CL, Moldenhauer JS, Biko DM: Imaging of Fetal Lymphangiectasia: Prenatal and postnatal imaging findings. Pediatric radiology. Springer Nature, 50(13): 1872-1880, December 2020 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-020-04673-6.
Biko DM, Dori Y, Savoca M, Krishnamurthy G, Smith CL, Laje P, Rome JJ, Escobar F: Pediatric pulmonary lymphatic flow Disorders: Diagnosis and management. Paediatric respiratory reviews. Elsevier, 36: 2-7, November 2020 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2019.11.002.
Medsinge AN, Escobar FA, Yilmaz S, Park JK, Crowley JJ: A novel technique for removing a fibrin sheath from a mediport catheter in the pediatric population. Pediatric radiology. Springer, 49(1): 141-145, January 2019 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-018-4243-4.
Escobar FA, Pantanowitz L, Picarsic JL, Craig FE, Simons JP, Viswanathan S, Yilmaz A, Monaco SE: Cytomorphology and sonographic features of ectopic thymic tissue diagnosed in paediatric fine needle aspiration biopsies. Cytopathology: official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology. Wiley, 29(3): 241-246, June 2018 Notes: DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12529
Monaco, S. E., Escobar, F., & Simons, J. P.: Hassall's corpuscles in the fine-needle aspiration cytology of pediatric ectopic thymic tissue. Diagnostic cytopathology. Wiley, 45(8): 735-737, August 2017.