Matthew Whitehead, MD
Radiology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Associate Professor of Radiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Hawaii
  • Residency: University of Virginia Health System
  • Fellowship: VA San Diego Healthcare Systems
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital - Los Angeles

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. Whitehead is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Mahecha M, Perdomo C, Goncalves FG, Whitehead MT. Developmental Milestones, Molecular Gatekeepers and MRI Tools for Accurate Recognition of Hypomyelinating and Delayed Myelination Syndromes , Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: 2026

Coppola F, Prasad S, Morana G, Whitehead MT, Zakzouk R, Manteghinejad A, Langer FW, Perez JA, D'Arco F, Löbel U, Gaur P, Varga P, Baruteau J, Mankad K, Sudhakar S, Biswas A. Neuroimaging spectrum of GM1 gangliosidosis with description of novel imaging signs , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 47(2): 2026,489-495

Meneses M, Manteghinejad A, Gupta A, Cerron-Vela C, Teixeira SR, Whitehead MT. Cerebellar Clues in Congenital CMV: Expanding the Neuroimaging Spectrum , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: 2026

Fragoso DC, D’Arco F, Andronikou S, Severino MS, Biswas A, Yang E, Whitehead MT, Huisman T, Sudhakar S, Lucato LT, Lequin M, Alves C. Neuroimaging Protocols for Pediatric Inherited Metabolic Disorders: Standardization and Future Perspectives Using a Delphi Method , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: 2026

Whitehead MT, Alves C, Biswas A, Sudhakar S, Sidpra J, Mankad K. Choroid Plexus is Typically Displaced or Deficient in PHACES syndrome with Posterior Fossa Involvement , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: 2026

Meness M, Guarilha T, Cerron-Vela C, Lorenzi J, Serai S, Whitehead MT, Vidal L. Portable MRI in Pediatric Neuroradiology: From Feasibility to Clinical Impact , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: 2026

Biswas A, Whitehead MT, Haldipur P, Blaser S, Gowda VK, De Vita E, Josifova D, Jewell R, Menzies L, Mankad K, Sudhakar S. Comprehensive Structural MRI Phenotyping in OPHN1-Related Disorder Reveals Characteristic Brain Malformations , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: 2026

Manteghinejad A, Simsek O, Alves C, Whitehead MT. Inferior Olivary Nuclear Lesions are Common in Patients with RANBP2-associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: 2026

O’Halloran L, Gragoso DC, Whitehead MT, Rameh V, Yang E, Ganetsky R, Vanderver A, Goldstein A, Roda L, Anselem I, Vossough A, Alves C. Unmasking the Mitochondrion: A Case Series of Genetically Proven Pediatric Neurological Conditions with Shared Mitochondrial Pathogenesis , Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: 2026

Mahecha M, Perdomo C, Goncalves FG, Whitehead MT. Myelination and Beyond: Developmental Milestones, Molecular Gatekeepers, and MRI Tools for Accurate Recognition of Hypomyelinating and Delayed Myelination Syndromes , Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: 2025