Susan Sotardi - Faculty Biosketch

Susan Sotardi, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Faculty, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics (DBHi), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania

Faculty, D3b Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania

Attending Pediatric Neuroradiologist , Department of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Director, Radiology Informatics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Radiology

Contact information

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-1000

Education:
BS (Molecular and Cellular Biology, Summa Cum Laude)
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2002.
MD, MS (Combined Degree Program: Medical Doctorate & MS Clinical Research Methods)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2011.
MSEng (Data Science, with concentration in Machine Learning)
Department of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2022.

Post-Graduate Training
Clinical Research Training Program Scholar, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2009-2011.
Internship, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, New York, NY, 2011-2012.
Residency, Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Bronx, NY, 2012-2016.
Clinical Fellow, Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, Department of Neuroradiology, Boston, MA, 2016-2018.
Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA, 2018-2019.
Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Neuroradiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA, 2019-2020.
Research Fellow, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA, 2020-2022.
Clinical Fellow, Imaging Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA, 2021-2022.

Certifications
American Board of Radiology, 2017.
American Board Magnetic Resonance Safety, 2020.

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Selected Publications

Tierradentro-García, L. O., Zandifar, A., Ullman, N. L., Venkatakrishna, S. S. B., Kim, J. D. U., Martin, R. J., Alves, C. A., Sotardi, S., Donahue, M. J., & Bhatia, A.: Imaging of Suspected Stroke in Children, From the AJR Special Series on Emergency Radiology. American journal of roentgenology 220(3): 330-342, March 2023 Notes: 10.2214/AJR.22.27816.

Ghosh A, Bose S, Patton D, Kumar I, Khalkhali, Henry MK, Ouyang M, Huang H, Vossough A, Sze RW, Sotardi S & Francavilla M. : Deep Learning-based prediction of rib fracture presence in frontal radiographs of children under two years of age: A proof of concept study. British Journal of Radiology February 2023.

Sotardi, S. T., Alves, C. A. P. F., Serai, S. D., Beslow, L. A., Schwartz, E. S., Magee, R., & Vossough, A.: Magnetic resonance imaging protocols in pediatric stroke. Pediatric radiology January 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00247-022-05576-4. Online ahead of print.

Ghosh A, Patton D, Bose S, Henry MK, Ouyang M, Huang H, Vossough A, Sze R, Sotardi S & Francavilla M. : A Patch-based Deep Learning Approach for detecting Rib Fractures on Frontal Radiographs in Young Children. Journal of Digital Imaging (in press) 2023.

Lang, S. S., Kilbaugh, T., Friess, S., Sotardi, S., Kim, C. T., Mazandi, V., Zhang, B., Storm, P. B., Heuer, G. G., Tucker, A., Ampah, S. B., Griffis, H., Raghupathi, R., & Huh, J. W: Trajectory of Long-Term Outcome in Severe Pediatric Diffuse Axonal Injury: An Exploratory Study. Frontiers in neurology 12: 704576, September 2021 Notes: eCollection 2021; DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.704576.

Jain, U., Lerman, M., Sotardi, S., & Delgado, E.: Young Boy With Acquired Torticollis. Annals of emergency medicine 78(2): e19-e20, August 2021.

Flanders, T. M., Lang, S. S., Ko, T. S., Andersen, K. N., Jahnavi, J., Flibotte, J. J., Licht, D. J., Tasian, G. E., Sotardi, S. T., Yodh, A. G., Lynch, J. M., Kennedy, B. C., Storm, P. B., White, B. R., Heuer, G. G., & Baker, W. B: Optical Detection of Intracranial Pressure and Perfusion Changes in Neonates With Hydrocephalus. The Journal of pediatrics 236(54): 64.e1, May 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.05.024.

Sotardi, S. T., Degnan, A. J., Liu, C. A., Mecca, P. L., Serai, S. D., Smock, R. D., Victoria, T., & White, A. M.: Establishing a magnetic resonance safety program. Pediatric radiology 51(5): 709-715, May 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00247-020-04910-y.

Patton, D, Ghosh, A, Farkas, A, Sotardi, S, Francavilla, M, Venkatakrishna, S, Ouyang, M, Huang, H, Sze, R, Nguyen, J: Can A Deep Learning Model Automate Radiological Angle Measures Used to Evaluate and Manage Clubfoot. European Society of Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting (Virtual Meeting) March 2021 Notes: Oral presentation.

Morin, C, Deshpande, V, Griffin, L, Itriago Leon, P, Dale, B, Chan, S, Chavhan, G, Gee, M, Serai, S, Sotardi, S, Victoria, T, Moore, M: Multi-institutional SPR-vendor Collaboration for Pediatric Free-breathing Abdominal MRI Protocol Optimization. European Society of Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting (Virtual Meeting) March 2021 Notes: Oral presentation.