Ajay Kumar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Radiologist - Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital
Active Radiologist - Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital
Active Radiologist - Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Attending Radiologist - Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiology
1st Floor, Dulles Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
1st Floor, Dulles Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
MD (Medicine)
Second Tashkent State Medical Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1994.
PhD (Radiology & Nuclear Medicine)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, 2006.
Permanent linkMD (Medicine)
Second Tashkent State Medical Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1994.
PhD (Radiology & Nuclear Medicine)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, 2006.
Selected Publications
Juhász C, Luat AF, Behen ME, Gjolaj N, Jeong JW, Chugani HT, Kumar A: Deep Venous Remodeling in Unilateral Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Robust Hemispheric Differences and Clinical Correlates. Pediatric neurology 139: 49-58, Feb 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.11.011.Juhász C, Luat A, Behen M, Gjolaj N, Jeong JW, Kumar A: Deep cerebral venous remodeling in Sturge-Weber syndrome: Hemispheric differences and clinical correlates. Child Neurology Society (CNS) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Oct 2022 Notes: Poster presentation.
Kumar A, Muzik O, Asano E, Sood S, Chugani HT: A Single Tertiary Care Referral Center Experience of 270 C-11-PK11195 Brain Positron Emission Tomography Scans in 206 Pediatric and Adult Patients for Evaluation and Management of Neuroinflammation. American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) 60th Annual Meeting & The Foundation of the ASNR Symposium, New York City, NY May 2022 Notes: Oral presentation.
Kumar A, Shandal V, Juhász C, Chugani HT: PET Imaging in Epilepsy. Encyclopedia of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Signore A (eds.). 3: 62-74, 2022.
Kumar A, Chalasani S, Luat A, Intikhab O, Malkawi I, Rangunwala J, Juhasz C: Prospective Evaluation of the Effect of Vascular Compensatory Mechanisms on Neurocognitive Outcome in Children with Sturge-Weber Syndrome. American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting (Virtual) Apr 2021 Notes: Oral presentation.
Chugani HT, Kumar A: Response to Letter by Yue and Yang. Journal of child neurology 36(2): 161, Feb 2021.
Chugani HT, Kumar A: Neuroinflammation in Children With Infantile Spasms: A Prospective Study Before and After Treatment With Acthar Gel (Repository Corticotropin Injection). Journal of child neurology 35(12): 808-812, Oct 2020 Notes: DOI: 10.1177/0883073820932710.
Kumar A, Muzik O: Pharmacological Activation of Human Brown Adipose Tissue is Less Effective than Cold Exposure. Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Nov 2019 Notes: Oral presentation.
Kumar A, Asano E, Luat A, Sood S, Muzik O, Juhasz C, Chugani D, Chugani H: Evaluation of Neuroinflammation in Children with Infantile Spasms Using C-11-PK11195 Brain PET Before and After Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Treatment and mRNA Expression in Surgical Brain Tissue. Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Nov 2019 Notes: Oral presentation.
Sood S, Ilyas M, Marupudi NI, Asano E, Kumar A, Luat A, Saleem S, Chugani HT: Anatomical hemispherectomy revisited-outcome, blood loss, hydrocephalus, and absence of chronic hemosiderosis. Child's nervous system: ChNS: official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery 35(8): 1341-1349, Aug 2019 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00381-019-04256-3.