Kassa Darge, MD, PHD, DTM&P, FSAR, FESUR
Radiology
Kassa Darge, MD, PHD, DTM&P, FSAR, FESUR
Radiology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age newborn through 18
About me
- Professor of Radiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Professor of Radiology in Surgery
My education and training
- Addis Ababa UniversityMedical School
- University of HeidelbergResidency
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
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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.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Darge is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.
Qualifications and experience
- Diagnostic Radiology, 1998
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), National
- American College of Radiology (ACR), National
- American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) (2012-Present: Member, Pediatric Ultrasound Section), National
- American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), National
- American Urological Association (AUA), National
- Ethiopian Medical Association (EMA), International
- European Society of Pediatric Radiology (ESPR), International
- European Society of Radiology (ESR), International
- European Society of Uroradiology (ESUR), International
- German Society of Pediatric Radiology [Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Radiologie] (GPR), International
- German Society of Radiology [Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft] (DRG), International
- German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin] (DEGUM)-Pediatric Section, International
- International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS), International
- Medical Staff Association, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Local
- National Medical Association (NMA)-Radiology Section, National
- Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society (PRRS), Local
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), National
- Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) of the American College of Radiology (ACR), National
- Society for Advanced Body Imaging (SABI), National
- Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), National
- Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR), National
- Society of Fetal Urology (SFU), National
- Society of Pediatric Urology (SPU), National
- Swiss Society of Radiology [Schweizerische Gesellschaft fuer Radiologie, Société Suisse de Radiologie, Società Svizzera di Radiologia] (SGR-SSR), International
- The German Society of Pennsylvania, Local
- World Federation of Pediatric Imaging (WFPI), International
All conditions and treatments
Research
Publications
Markowitz RI, Taylor GA, De Leon Benedetti L, Darge K Is the "per diem" model of radiologist employment in pediatric radiology becoming more prevalent? Pediatric Radiology. , Pediatric Radiology: 2025
Morales-Tisnés T, Sultan LR, Rouet L, Jago J, Morgan TA, Lerebo W, Elsingergy MM, Srinivasan A, Sridharan A, Otero HJ, Darge K, Back SJ 3D ultrasound volume quantification for pediatric urinary tract dilation: a semi-automated segmentation software inter-rater analysis. Pediatr Radiol. , Pediatr Radiol. 2025 Feb;55(2):297-304 Epub: 2025
Ntoulia A, Darge K, Thompson AA, Back SJ Safety of ultrasound contrast agents in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease and trait. , Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Ultrasound Med, 2024 Epub; 43(1):189-200: 2024
Chin HB, Amabile TH, Kelly A, Patchel SA, Darge K, Kaplan SL, Ford EG, Stallings VA, Rogan WJ, Umbach DM A comparison of ultrasound-based testis volume with Prader orchidometry and stability of testis size relative to peers from birth to 28 weeks , Andrology. 2025 Feb;13(2):202-207: 2024
Riggs BJ, Martinez-Correa S, Stern J, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, Haddad S, Anupindi S, Back SJ, Darge K, Hwang M Intravenous administration of ultrasound contrast to critically ill pediatric patients. , Pediatr Radiol. 2024 May;54(5):820- 830: 2024
Damasio MB, Donati F, Bruno C, Darge K, Mentzel HJ, Ključevšek D, Napolitano M, Ozcan HN, Riccabona M, Smets AM, Sofia C, Stafrace S, Petit P, Ording Müller LS. Update on imaging recommendations in paediatric uroradiology: the European Society of Paediatric Radiology workgroup session on voiding cystourethrography. , Pediatr Radiol. 2024 Apr;54(4):606-619: 2024
Ntoulia A, Darge K, Thompson AA, Back SJ Safety of ultrasound contrast agents in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease and trait. , Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Ultrasound Med, 2024 Jan;43(1):189-200: 2024
Sultan LR, Alves AGF, Morgan TA, Sridharan A, Batley M, Darge K, Sankar WN, Back SJ A novel quantitative approach to evaluate femoral head perfusion by contrast-enhanced ultrasound: A pilot study in infants with developmental dysplasia of the hip. , IEEE Int Ultrasound Symposium. 2023 Sep;2023:10: 2023
Elsingergy MM, Bellah RD, Back SJ, Weiss DA, Darge K Retrograde urethrography in children: a decade of experience at a children's hospital , Pediatric Radiology, 53(5): 2023,862-874
Chin HB, Krall JR, Goldberg M, Stanczyk FZ, Darge K, Stallings VA, Rogan WJ, Umbach DM, Baird DD Early life anti-Müllerian hormone trajectories in infant girls , Epidemiology: 2023