Maxim Itkin, MD

Interventional Radiology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Director, Penn Center for Lymphatic Disorders
  • Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: Moscow Medical Stomatology Institute
  • Residency: Beilinson Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English
Русский
Russian
עברית
Hebrew

Reviews

Average Rating

80 reviews

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Anonymous
March 2026
very helpful
Anonymous
March 2026
we liked his expertise.
Anonymous
January 2026
he treated a condition that was having an adverse effect on me
Anonymous
January 2026
all around great experience

Insurance accepted

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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.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Itkin is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Moon HE, Hur S, Moon J, Lee SH, Choi H, Ratnam L, Nadolski G, Itkin M. Lymphatic Embolization for Primary Genital Lymphorrhea and Chylous Reflux-Related Lower Limb Lymphedema , Vasc Interv Radiol, 36(5): 2025,833-843

Patel B, Lu X, Ahuja A, Noblet JN, Krieger JF, Chambers S, Itkin M, Kassab GS. Pressure-Flow Relation of Porcine Thoracic Duct Segment. , Bioengineering, 9(12): 2025

Börner K, Blood PD, Silverstein JC, Ruffalo M, Satija R, Teichmann SA, Pryhuber GJ, Misra RS, Purkerson JM, Fan J, Hickey JW, Molla G, Xu C, Zhang Y, Weber GM, Jain Y, Qaurooni D, Kong Y; HRA Team; Bueckle A, Herr BW 2nd Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP): 3D Human Reference Atlas construction and usage. , Nat Methods: 2025,845-860

Itkin M, Horak J, Pascual JL, Chang CWJ, Lile D, Tomita B, Bass GA, Kovach SJ 3rd, Kaplan LJ. Disorders of Lymphatic Architecture and Flow in Critical Illness. , Crit Care Med, 53(3): 2025,e665-e682

Parikh R, Seyferth ER, Palat S, Itkin M, Nadolski GJ. Outcomes of Intranodal and Modified Intranodal Lymphangiography for Treatment of Traumatic Chylous Leaks in the Thorax and Neck , Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 48(1): 2025,59-64

Crystal DT, Gala Z, Brkic S, Broach R, Azoury SC, Itkin M, Kovach SJ Efficacy of Microsurgical Venous Couplers in Lymphovenous Anastomosis of the Thoracic Duct: An Examination of Outcomes and Patency at Follow-Up , J Reconstr Microsurg: 2025

Lim DY, Gurevich A, Hur S, Bae JM, Itkin M. Effect of Intranodal Ethiodized Oil Lymphangiography on Lung Parenchyma: Descriptive Imaging and Histological Findings , J Vasc Interv Radiol: 2024

Bustos VP, Wang R, Pardo J, Boppana A, Weber G, Itkin M, Singhal D. Mapping the Anatomy of the Human Lymphatic System , J Reconstr Microsurg: 2024

Ratnam LA, Mills M, Wale A, Howroyd LR, Itkin M, Howe FA, Gordon K, Mansour S, Ostergaard P, Mortimer PS. The utility of dynamic contrast-enhanced intranodal magnetic resonance lymphangiography (MRL) in the investigation of primary lymphatic anomalies , Clin Radiol: 2024

Bou-Samra P, Chang A, Singhal S, Itkin M. Fluorescence-guided surgery with indocyanine green to identify an idiopathic chyle leak-case report , AME Case Rep, 7: 2023,41