J. Christopher Davis, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Active Medical Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Active Medical Staff, Chester County Hospital, Department of Radiology, West Chester, PA
Attending Radiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Section of Emergency Radiology , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, 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
Email:
davisjc@chop.edu
davisjc@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Chemistry)
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 2014.
Permanent linkBS (Chemistry)
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 2014.
Selected Publications
Lopez-Rippe J, Velez-Florez MC, Hwang R, Lerebo W, Nace G, Chen AE, Davis JC, Friedlaender E, Kaplan SL.: Transabdominal ultrasound for positive, negative, and equivocal ovarian and tubal torsion in girls. Emergency Radiology 33(1): 33-41, February 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s10140-025-02399-2.J. Lavelle, MD J. Collins, MD S. Kaplan, MD B. Ku, MD M. Mittal, MBBS J. Zorc, MD D. Dao, MD C. Davis, MD K. Mulhern, PA-C M. Bleazard, MSN K. Chiotos, MD R. Same, MD K. Pough, PharmD K. Hummel, PharmD: Emergency Department Clinical Pathway for Evaluation/Treatment of Children with Suspected Appendicitis. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia December 2025 Notes: Internal publication; https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/suspected-appendicitis-emergency-department-clinical-pathway.
Whitworth HB, Wagner KM, Avitabile CM, Blowey B, Costello RA, Davis JC, Davis DH, Ellison AM, Giglia TM, Himebauch AS, Houng K, Law CK, Mavroudis CD, Mercer-Rosa L, O'Byrne ML, Ravishankar C, Raffini LJ.: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Pediatric Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Pathway and Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Pediatric critical care medicine: a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 26(12), December 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003841.
Attaseth P, Davis JC, Zhuang H.: Rare Subcutaneous Manifestation of Rosai-Dorfman Disease on FDG PET/CT in an Adolescent. Clinical nuclear medicine November 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000006244; Online ahead of print as of Febraury 2026.
K. Baldwin, MD E. Szydlowski, MD T. Metjian, PharmD V. Ho Fung, MD J. C. Davis, MD D. Perks, CRNP: Emergency Department Clinical Pathway for Evaluation/Treatment of Children with Suspected Pelvic Fracture. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Internal publication; https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/child-suspected-pelvis-fracture-clinical-pathway, July 2025.
Dumitru AM, Johnston W, Mak A, Hwang R, Davis JC, Nace G, Allukian M.: Reduce the bowel, the hospital time, and the bill: An Iterative Quality Improvement Pathway for Management of Ileocolic Intussusception in Children. American College of Surgeons: Quality and Safety Conference, San Diego, CA July 2025.
Bedoya MA, Iwasaka-Neder J, Chauvin NA, Samet JD, Meyers AB, Acharya PT, Morin CE, Aquino M, Davis JC, Thomas A.: Rapid MRI for acute pediatric MSK infections: survey of current utilization and procedural practices. Pediatric radiology 55(7): 1403-1413, June 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-025-06206-5.
Perrino M, Pinto S, Pande N, Morin C, Wee T, Davis JC, Khalatbari H, Shulkin B, Sawant D, Yi P, Smith A, Nichols KE, Abramson Z.: Imaging Approaches to Surveillance in Children With Cancer Predisposition Syndrome. AJR. American journal of roentgenology May 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.2214/AJR.25.32735; Online ahead of print as of February 2026.
Johnston W, Mak Croughan A, Hwang R, Myers SR, Davis C, Nace G, Allukian M.: Ileocolic Intussusception: Iterative Quality Improvement to Address a Recurring Problem The Journal of surgical research 301: 623-630, September 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.07.015.
Lopez-Rippe J, Davis JC, Dennis RA, Kaplan SL, Delgado J.: Impact of a 6-12-h delay between ileocolic intussusception diagnostic US and fluoroscopic reduction on patients' outcomes Pediatric radiology 54(8): 1294–1301, July 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-024-05960-2.