Radiology
Karuna Shekdar, MD
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Seth G. S. Medical College
  • Residency: University of Mumbia (formerly Bombay)
  • Residency: Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children
  • Residency: Elbit International Medical Center, Banglore, India
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Shekdar is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Simsek, O.; Moon, J.; Spagnolo, K.; Clifford, S.; Ferreira Alves, C.A.P.; Santi, M.; Shekdar, K Spectrum of Neuroimaging Features of Histiocytosis Syndromes in Children , Neurographics, 1: 2024,38-47

Gubbiotti, M. A., Madsen, P. J., Tucker, A. M., Abdullaev, Z., Aldape, K., Shekdar, K., Yang, A., Minturn, J. E., Santi, M., & Viaene, A. N. ZFTA-fused supratentorial ependymoma with a novel fusion partner, DUX4 , Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 82(7): 2023,668-671

Simsek, O; Moon, J; Spagnolo, K; Clifford, S; Alves, C; Santi-Vicini, M, Karuna, S Spectrum of Neuroimaging Features of Histiocytosis Syndromes in Children , Neurographics: 2023

McCormack, S. E., Wang, Z., Wade, K. L., Dedio, A., Cilenti, N., Crowley, J., Plessow, F., Bamba, V., Roizen, J. D., Jiang, Y., Stylli, J., Ramakrishnan, A., Platt, M. L., Shekdar, K., Fisher, M. J., Vetter, V. L., Hocking, M., Xiao, R., & Lawson, E. A. A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of Intranasal Oxytocin to Promote Weight Loss in Individuals With Hypothalamic Obesity , Journal of the Endocrine Society, 7(5): 2023,bvad037

Alves, C. A. P. F., Clifford, S. M., McKeown Ruggiero, S., Helbig, I., Chadehumbe, M., & Shekdar, K. Teaching NeuroImage: Selectively Bright Inferior Cerebellum in Christianson Syndrome , Neurology, 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201234: 2022

Subramanian, S., Biswas, A., Alves, C. A. P. F., Sudhakar, S. V., Shekdar, K. V., Krishnan, P., Shroff, M., Taranath, A., Arrigoni, F., Aldinger, K. A., Leventer, R. J., Dobyns, W. B., Mankad, K ACTA2-Related Dysgyria: An Under-Recognized Malformation of Cortical Development , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 43(1): 2022,146-150

Rossidis, A. C., Tharakan, S. J., Bose, S. K., Shekdar, K. V., Nance, M. L., & Blinman, T. A. Predictors of pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injury , Journal of pediatric surgery, S0022-3468(17): 2017

Cooper, A. S., Friedlaender, E., Levy, S. E., Shekdar, K. V., Bradford, A. B., Wells, K. E., & Mollen, C. The Implications of Brain MRI in Autism Spectrum Disorder , Journal of child neurology, 31(14): 2016,1611-1616

Nabavizadeh, S. A., Bilaniuk, L. T., Feygin, T., Shekdar, K. V., Zimmerman, R. A., & Vossough, A. CT and MRI of pediatric skull lesions with fluid-fluid levels , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 35(3): 2014,604-8