Matthew Whitehead, MD
Radiology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients

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

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Simsek O, Manteghinejad A, Wannasarnmetha M, Kotha A, Teixeira SR, Zarnow D, Schwartz ES, Whitehead MT. Subarachnoid Space Measurements in the Second Trimester Using MR Imaging , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 46(10): 2025,2168-2175


Dominguez Gonzalez CA, Bell KM, Rajagopalan R, de Silva MG, Lemes A, Zabala C, Perez-Vidarte F, Cerisola A, Vossough A, Whitehead MT, Cunningham C, Brown NJ, Quin R, Simons C, Conway T, Uebergang E, Rius R, Kumaheri MA, Kotes ER, Vohra A, Zalusky MPG, Anderson ZB, Storz SHR, Ward SA, Goffena J, Gustafson JA, White SM, Vanderver A, Miller DE. Deep Intronic SVA_E Insertion Identified as the Most Common Pathogenic Variant Associated With Canavan Disease: A Diagnostic Blind Spot , Neurology. Genetics, 11(5): 2025,e200291


DiSanza BL, Porcari GS, Finoti LS, Ramos-Rodriguez L, Burris DM, McDonough JA, Ning G, Fagan G, Helman GT, Weiss E, Taft RJ, Pizzino A, Whitehead MT, Waldman A, Simons C, Ortiz-Gonzalez X, Skarnes WC, Vanderver A, Bhoj EJ, Ahrens-Nicklas RC. Bi-allelic variants in BCAT1 impair mitochondrial function and are associated with a candidate neurometabolic disorder , HGG advances, 7(1): 2025,100525


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: 2025


Wright R, Burrill N, Crane H, Khalek N, Gebb J, Bach AM, Whitehead MT, Zarnow D, Oliver E, Agarwal S, Moldenhauer JS. Case Series of Prenatally Diagnosed Cri du Chat Syndrome With Associated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings , Pediatric neurology, 169: 2025,93-97


Whitehead MT, Manteghinejad A, Alves CAPF, Simsek O, Khalek N, Schwartz ES Frontal Paraventricular Cysts: Refined Definitions and Outcomes , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 46(8): 2025,1709-1715


Kukulka NA, Singh S, Whitehead MT, Dobyns WB, Chang T, Kousa YA. Pontocerebellar hypoplasia: a review from 1912 to 2022 , Brain communications, 7(5): 2025,fcaf298


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 Neurologic Outcomes , AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 46(8): 2025,1702-1708


De Pace R, Gonzalez CD, Williamson CD, Helman G, Sanderson LE, Disanza B, Hsiao-Sánchez N, Pizzino A, Muirhead K, Bonkowsky JL, Taft RJ, Sannaa NA, Dias P, Quintas AS, Mutlu MB, Bas H, Oztürk H, Mojarrad M, Alerasool M, Sheikhani S, Jabbar HK, Issa AH, Houlden H, Zonic E, Barakat TS, Tripolski K, Romito A, Teferedegn E, Vossough A, Whitehead MT, Bhoj E, Ahrens-Nicklas RC, Simons C, Wolvetang E, van Ham TJ, Bertoli-Avella AM, Maroofian R, Bonifacino JS, Vanderver A. BLOC1S1 variants cause lysosomal and autophagic defects resulting in a hypomyelinating leukodystrophy with epileptic encephalopathy , medRxiv: the preprint server for health sciences: 2025


Russ JB, Agarwal S, Venkatesan C, Scelsa B, Vollmer B, Tarui T, Pardo AC, Lemmon ME, Mulkey SB, Hart AR, Nagaraj UD, Kuller JA, Whitehead MT, Cohen JL, Gebb JS, Glenn OA, Norton ME, Gano D. Fetal malformations of cortical development: review and clinical guidance , Brain: a journal of neurology, 148(6): 2025,1888-1903