Jae W. Song, MD
Radiology
Jae W. Song, MD
Radiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Associate Professor of Neurology
I am a board certified diagnostic neuroradiologist with CAQ subspecialty certification in neuroradiology. My expertise is in the interpretation of brain, head and neck, and spine CT and MR imaging. I lead the Penn Vessel Wall MR Imaging Program and Song Cerebrovascular Lab.
My education and training
- New York University School of MedicineMedical School
- University of Michigan HealthResidency
- Hahnemann University HospitalResidency
- Yale-New Haven HospitalResidency
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship
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
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Song is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Diagnostic Radiology, 2017
- Neuroradiology, 2018
- American College of Radiology, National
- American Society of Functional Neuroradiology, National
- American Society of Neuroradiology, National
- American Stroke Association-StrokeNET Research Steering Committee, National
- American Stroke Association/American Heart Association, International
- Eastern Neuroradiological Society, National
- International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, International
- North American Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis Cooperative, International
- Radiological Society of North America, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Song JW#, Wolf RL, Hassankhani A, Woo JH, Kurtz RM, Ware JB, Freeman CW, Alkhatib SG, Huang LY, Voleti S, Gottschling K, Loevner LA. Innovative Educational Program to Aid Clinical Vessel Wall MR Imaging Interpretation among Neuroradiologists , AJNR Am J Neuroradiology, 47(1): 2026,44-47
Wang Y, Fan Z, Song JW, Sui B, Mossa-basha M, Balu N, Eisenmenger L, Sannananja B, Romero J, Li R, Baradaran H, Edjlali M, Qiao Y, Saloner D, Zhu C. Expert Consensus on Intracranial Vessel Wall MRI in Cerebrovascular Disease: Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography Recommendations. , European Radiology: 2026
Song JW#, Frame MY, Sellers RT, Klahn C, Fitzgerald K, Pomponio B, Schnall MD, Kasner SE, Loevner, LA. Implementation of a Clinical Vessel Wall MR Imaging Program at an Academic Medical Center , AJNR Am J Neuroradiology, 45(5): 2024,554-561
Xiao J, Poblete RA, Lerner A, Nguyen PL, Song JW, Sanossian N, Wilcox AG, Song SS, Lyden PD, Saver JL, Wasserman BA, Fan Z MRI in the Evaluation of Cryptogenic Stroke and Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source , Radiology, 311(1): 2024,e231934
Kim J, Wang K, Sakai Y, Zhu Y, Hu AC, Phi HQ, Arnett N, Wang GJ, Cucchiara BL, Song JW#, Haehn D#. Automatic Segmentation of Calcified Plaque in Carotid Arteries. , Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI): 2025
Song JW#, Phi HQ, Koneru M, Cao Q, Rubin J, Sakai Y, Ibrahim L, Zhou SE, Woo JH, Kasner SE, Saba L, Cucchiara BL Prevalence of High-Risk CTA-Based Carotid Plaque-RADS Subtypes in Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source , Stroke, 56(3): 2025,737-740.
Song JW#, Pavlou A, Xiao J, Kasner SE, Fan Z, Messé SR Vessel Wall MR Imaging Biomarkers of Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis: A Meta-Analysis , Stroke, 52(1): 2021,193-202
Song JW#, Cao Q, Siegler JE, Thon JM, Woo JH, Cucchiara BL Sex-differences in Carotid Plaque Composition in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source , Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(9): 2021,e020143
Song JW*, Xiao J*, Cen SY, Liu X, Wu F, Schlick K, Li D, Yang Q, Song SS, Fan Z Sex-Differences in Intracranial Atherosclerosis in Hypertensive Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke , Journal of the American Heart Association: 2022,e025579
Saba L, Cau R, Murgia1 A, Nicolaides AN, Wintermark M, Castillo M, Staub D, Kakkos S, Yang Q, Paraskevas KI, Yuan C, Edjlali1 M, Sanfilippo R, Hendrikse J, Johansson E, Mossa-Basha M, Balu N, Dichgans M, Saloner D, Bos D, Jager RH, Naylor R, Faa G, Suri JS, Costello J, Auer DP, McNally S, Bonati LH, Nardi V, van der Lugt A, Griffin M, Wasserman BA, Kooi ME, Gillard J, Lanzino G, Mikhailidis DP, Mandell DM, Benson J, van Dam-Nolen D, Kopczak A, Song JW, Gupta A, Demarco JK, Chaturvedi S, Virmani R, Hatsukami T, Brown M, Moody AR, Libby P, Schindler A*, Saam T*. Carotid Plaque-RADS Classification, A Novel Stroke Risk Classification System , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 17(1): 2023,62-75