David James Tischfield, MD, PhD

Radiology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Tischfield is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Bukola Adebesin, BS, David Tischfield, MD, PhD, Alexander Zavriyev BS, Molly Sheehan, PhD, Ariful Islam BS, MA, Vera Shattuck, Daniel Ackerman, PhD, Steve Kadlecek, PhD, Terence Gade, MD, PhD. Hyperpolarized 1-13C-Pyruvate Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Distinguishes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Genetic Subgroups In Vivo , International Society for Magnetic Resonance Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii: 2025

Choi K, Henderson NT, Feierman ER, Louzon S, Galanaugh J, Davatolhagh F, Bhandaru I, Tischfield DJ, Anderson SA, Korb E, Fuccillo MV Control of striatal circuit development by the chromatin regulator Zswim6 , Sci Adv, 11(3): 2025,eadq6663

Luis Octavio Tierradentro-Garcia, MD; Katerina Lee, MD; Sophia R. O’Brien, MD, MSEd; David Tischfield, MD, PhD; Austin Patel, MD, MSTR; Karthik Sundaram, MD, PhD PSMA PET/CT Radiotracer Uptake in the Prostate: It’s Not Always Cancer , SNNMI Northeast Regional Meeting, Newport, RI: 2024

Weinfurtner, K., Tischfield, D. J., McClung, G., Crainic, J., Gordan, J., Jiao, J., Furth, E. E., Li, W., Supan, E. T., Nadolski, G. J., Hunt, S. J., Kaplan, D. E., Gade, T. P. F. Human GM-CSF/IL-3 enhance tumor immune infiltration in humanized HCC patient-derived xenografts , Journal of Hepatology Reports, 7(3): 2025

Tischfield D, Adebesin B, Noji M, Zavriyev A, Supan E, Islam A, Li J, Kadlecek S, Ackerman D, Gade T Hyperpolarized Metabolic Imaging of BCAT1 Activity: A Novel In Vivo Biomarker of the Master Cell Growth Regulator mTOR , World Molecular Imaging Conference, Prague, Czech Republic: 2023

Xiang DH, Snyder A, Capua JD, Galla N, Tischfield DJ, Lewis T, Somani S, Sucher A, Ahmed M, Daye D. Mentorship in Interventional Radiology: Addressing Obstacles to Pursuing Research and Innovation Among IR Trainees , Acad Radiol, 29(8): 2022,1275-1281

Tischfield DJ, Gurevich A, Johnson O, Gatmaytan I, Nadolski GJ, Soulen MC, Kaplan DE, Furth E, Hunt SJ, Gade TPF Transarterial Embolization Modulates the Immune Response within Target and Nontarget Hepatocellular Carcinomas in a Rat Model , Radiology, 303(1): 2022,215-225

Hong CX, Meer E, Cioban M, Tischfield DJ, Hassani DB, Harvie HS Position and orientation of vaginal pessaries in situ on magnetic resonance imaging , Int Urogynecol J, 33(2): 2022,369-376

Tischfield DJ, Gurevich A, Johnson O, Gatmaytan I, Nadolski GJ, Soulen MC, Kaplan DE, Furth E, Hunt SJ, Gade TPF Transarterial embolization modulates the immune response within target and non-target hepatocellular carcinomas in a translational rat model. , Pennsylvania Radiological Society Annual Meeting, Valley Forge, PA: 2021

Fitzgerald M, Sotuyo N, Tischfield DJ, Anderson SA Generation of cerebral cortical GABAergic interneurons from pluripotent stem cells , Stem Cells, 38(11): 2020,1375-1386