Radiology
Matthew Whitehead, MD
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
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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: University of California San Diego Health
  • 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

My research

Teixeira SR, Cerron-Vela C, Khalek N, Wright R, Whitehead MT. Coronal Clival Cleft in CHARGE Syndrome: Fetal MRI Series , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 46(5): 2025,1022-1028

*Simsek O, Manteghinejad A, Whitehead MT Web-like Arachnoid Membranes are Common in Intracranial Hemorrhage and “Benign” Enlargement of the Subarachnoid spaces , American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA: 2025

Manteghinejad A, Simsek O, Wannasarnmetha M, Kotha A, Teixeira SR, Zarnow D, Schwartz ES, Whitehead MT Subarachnoid Space Measurements in Second Trimester Using MR Imaging , American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA: 2025

Martinez-Correa S, Rafful PP, Ramirez-Suarez KI, Viaene AN, Beslow LA, Agarwal S, Whitehead MT, Vossough A, Teixeira SR. Imaging Patterns of Neonatal Subpial Hemorrhage - Provisional Statements on Neurological Outcomes , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology: 2025,A8702

Manteghinejad A, Simsek O, Wannasarnmetha M, Kotha A, Teixeira SR, Zarnow D, Schwartz ES, Whitehead MT Subarachnoid Space Measurements in Second Trimester Using MR Imaging , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX: 2025

Alves C, Donald A, Barkovich M, Whitehead MT, Pai V, Jones S, Rugilo C, Vossough A, Ertl-Wagner B, Grant E, Lindan C, Stivaros SM Abnormal CSF Space Morphology in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Crucial Data for Decision Making in Targeting Genetic Therapy Treatment , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX: 2025

de Campos Meneses MOS, Guarilha T, Cerron-Vela CR, Manteghinejad A, Whitehead MT, Teixeira SR Clefting the Mystery: Expanding the genetic and clinical associations with coronal clival cleft , American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX: 2025

Du Plessis AJ, Whitehead MT, Volpe JJ. Normal and Abnormal Development of the Posterior Fossa Structures , Volpe’s Neurology of the Newborn, 6: 2025

Pogledic I, Mankad K, Severino M, Lerman-Sagie T, Jakab A, Hadi E, Jansen AC, Bahi-Buisson N, Di Donato N, Oegema R, Mitter C, Capo I, Whitehead MT, Haldipur P, Mancini G, Huisman TAGM, Righini A, Dobyns B, Barkovich JA, Milosevic NJ, Kasprian G, Lequin M. Prenatal assessment of brain malformations on neuroimaging: an expert panel review , Brain: a journal of neurology, 147(12): 2024,3982-4002

Patel R, Park AY, Marchi E, Gropman AL, Whitehead MT, Lyon GJ Ophthalmic manifestations of NAA10-related and NAA15-related neurodevelopmental syndromes: Analysis of cortical visual impairment and refractive errors , American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 194(12): 2024,e63821