Fernando A. Escobar, MD
Radiology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
About me
- Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
My education and training
- Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- Residency: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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.
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Pediatric Radiology
- Diagnostic Radiology, 2013
- American College of Radiology, National
- American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), National
- European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR), International
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), International
- Society for Pediatric Interventional Radiology (SPIR), National
- Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), National
- Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Bedoya, M. A., Raffini, L., Durand, R., Acord, M. R., Srinivasan, A., Krishnamurthy, G., Vatsky, S., Escobar, F., & Cahill, A. M Implantable venous access devices in children with severe hemophilia: a tertiary pediatric institutional experience , Pediatric radiology, 50(8): 2020,1148-1155
Gokli, A., Pinto, E., Escobar, F. A., Krishnamurthy, G., Smith, C. L., & Biko, D. M. Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound: Use in the Management of Lymphorrhea in Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly , Journal of vascular and interventional radiology: JVIR, 31(9): 2020,1511-1513
Barrera CA, Victoria T, Escobar FA, Krishnamurthy G, Smith CL, Moldenhauer JS, Biko DM Imaging of Fetal Lymphangiectasia: Prenatal and postnatal imaging findings , Pediatric radiology, 50(13): 2020,1872-1880
Biko DM, Dori Y, Savoca M, Krishnamurthy G, Smith CL, Laje P, Rome JJ, Escobar F Pediatric pulmonary lymphatic flow Disorders: Diagnosis and management , Paediatric respiratory reviews, 36: 2020,2-7
Medsinge AN, Escobar FA, Yilmaz S, Park JK, Crowley JJ A novel technique for removing a fibrin sheath from a mediport catheter in the pediatric population , Pediatric radiology, 49(1): 2019,141-145
Escobar FA, Pantanowitz L, Picarsic JL, Craig FE, Simons JP, Viswanathan S, Yilmaz A, Monaco SE Cytomorphology and sonographic features of ectopic thymic tissue diagnosed in paediatric fine needle aspiration biopsies , Cytopathology: official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology, 29(3): 2018,241-246
Monaco, S. E., Escobar, F., & Simons, J. P. Hassall's corpuscles in the fine-needle aspiration cytology of pediatric ectopic thymic tissue , Diagnostic cytopathology, 45(8): 2017,735-737