Pediatric Imaging

Faculty

General Information

P.O. Box 208042, CH-272B New Haven, CT 06520-8042 Admin Assistant, Dena Blancato

Phone: Fax:

203-785-2688 203-785-4328

The section of Pediatric Imaging within the Yale Department of Radiology is composed of dedicated radiologists; 3 of whom are fellowship trained in the subspecialty of Pediatric Radiology. All are devoted to the care of children, utilizing advanced equipment to assist pediatricians in determining the best way in which to assess a specific problem with attention to minimizing radiation dose. The section is involved in:

• Plain film interpretation
• Fluoroscopy
• Ultrasound
• Computed tomography (CT)
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

There are approximately 35,000 exams interpreted and performed by the section each year. Imaging takes place at Yale-New Haven Hospital Children's Hospital and at a dedicated pediatric outpatient facility at 1 Long Wharf, New Haven, CT.

Yale Pediatric Imaging is responsible for the education of residents (3-4 months during the course of a residency) in the Yale Department of Radiology as well as from the residency programs of St. Raphael’s, Bridgeport, St. Vincent's and Norwalk Hospitals. We are also involved in clinical research and actively involved in clinico-radiologic conferences. These include a once weekly Tumor Board, and monthly conferences with the Pediatric Surgery, Urology, and Emergency Medicine. There is also representation at the once weekly Pediatric Discharge Conference. This is in addition to the daily rounds with the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the Newborn Special Care Unit, and the pediatric inpatient teams.

There is an ACGME accredited Pediatric Radiology Fellowship available each year.  This individual receives training in all aspects of Pediatric Radiology in collaboration with the Yale Nuclear Medicine, Neuroradiology, and Interventional Radiology sections.

There are broad clinical research interests including recent and ongoing projects in germinal matrix hemorrhage, thermal imaging utilization and ionizing radiation risks.

Research Direction

• Pediatric body and musculoskeletal imaging
• Neonatal imaging
  
• Hi-resolution ultrasound applications
• Pediatric oncology
  
• Pediatric ultrasound of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract
  
• The role of CT scans in redefining pediatric anatomy
• Pediatric uroradiological investigations
  
• Non accidental injury
  
• Pediatric medical imaging dose reduction
• Pediatric body and musculoskeletal imaging
• Neonatal imaging
• Ramifications of obesity on diagnostic imaging

Pediatric Fellow: 2012-13
Balaji Rao, MD

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Publications

Silva CT, Brockley CR, Crum A, Mandelstam SA. Pediatric ocular sonography. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2011 Feb;32(1):14-27.

Malhotra Y, Fitzgerald TN, Jubinsky PT, Harper H, Silva CT, Zambrano E, Diefenbach KA, Moss RL, Bhandari V. A unique case of rhabdoid tumor presenting as hemoperitoneum in an infant. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jan;46(1):247-51.

Goodman TR. Understanding the cancer-CT conundrum. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2010 Aug;44(7):469-74.

Leder SB, Baker KE, Goodman TR. Dysphagia testing and aspiration status in medically stable infants requiring mechanical ventilation via tracheotomy. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Jul;11(4):484-7; quiz 488.

Silva CT, Amaral JG, Moineddin R, Doda W, Babyn PS. CT characteristics of lung nodules present at diagnosis of extrapulmonary malignancy in children. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Mar;194(3):772-8.

Silva CT, Doria AS, Traubici J, Moineddin R, Davila J, Shroff M. Do additional views improve the diagnostic performance of cervical spine radiography in pediatric trauma? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Feb;194(2):500-8.