Radiology
Fernando A. Escobar, MD
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
  • Residency: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
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  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Bedoya, M. A., Raffini, L., Durand, R., Acord, M. R., Srinivasan, A., Krishnamurthy, G., Vatsky, S., Escobar, F., & Cahill, A. M Implantable venous access devices in children with severe hemophilia: a tertiary pediatric institutional experience , Pediatric radiology, 50(8): 2020,1148-1155

Gokli, A., Pinto, E., Escobar, F. A., Krishnamurthy, G., Smith, C. L., & Biko, D. M. Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound: Use in the Management of Lymphorrhea in Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly , Journal of vascular and interventional radiology: JVIR, 31(9): 2020,1511-1513

Barrera CA, Victoria T, Escobar FA, Krishnamurthy G, Smith CL, Moldenhauer JS, Biko DM Imaging of Fetal Lymphangiectasia: Prenatal and postnatal imaging findings , Pediatric radiology, 50(13): 2020,1872-1880

Biko DM, Dori Y, Savoca M, Krishnamurthy G, Smith CL, Laje P, Rome JJ, Escobar F Pediatric pulmonary lymphatic flow Disorders: Diagnosis and management , Paediatric respiratory reviews, 36: 2020,2-7

Medsinge AN, Escobar FA, Yilmaz S, Park JK, Crowley JJ A novel technique for removing a fibrin sheath from a mediport catheter in the pediatric population , Pediatric radiology, 49(1): 2019,141-145

Escobar FA, Pantanowitz L, Picarsic JL, Craig FE, Simons JP, Viswanathan S, Yilmaz A, Monaco SE Cytomorphology and sonographic features of ectopic thymic tissue diagnosed in paediatric fine needle aspiration biopsies , Cytopathology: official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology, 29(3): 2018,241-246

Monaco, S. E., Escobar, F., & Simons, J. P. Hassall's corpuscles in the fine-needle aspiration cytology of pediatric ectopic thymic tissue , Diagnostic cytopathology, 45(8): 2017,735-737