Richard D. Bellah, MD, FAAP

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Richard D. Bellah, MD, FAAP, is a radiologist and director of Ultrasound and Student Programs at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: General pediatric radiology, GU Radiology, Ultrasound
Locations: Main Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology - Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, LA
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
Diagnostic Radiology - Tulane Medical Center/Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Pediatric Radiology - Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Clinical Fellow in Radiology - Boston's Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Board Certification

Diagnostic Radiology
Pediatric Radiology

Titles and Academic Titles

Pediatric Radiologist

Director, Ultrasound

Director, Student Programs

Associate Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2014

Bellah RD, Ntoulia A, Pena A, Kolon T, Meyer J: Radiologic appearance of the urethra  following incision of posterior urethral valves in children (submitted for publication) September 2014.

Anupindi SA, Halverson M, Khwaja A, Jeckovic M, Wang X, Bellah RD: Common and  uncommon applications of bowel ultrasound with pathologic correlation in  children. Am J Roentgenol 202(5): 946-959, May 2014.

Books

Chapters
2014

Weiss D, Canning D, Bellah R. Pediatric Urethra in: Palmer, LS and Palmer, J. Pediatric and Adolescent Uroradiology: 2013, Springer: 2014.

2013

Kassa Darge, MD, PhD, Mikhail Higgins, MD, MPH, Tiffany J. Hwang, BSc, Jorge Delgado, 2Assem Shukla, MD, Richard Bellah, MD:  MR and CT in Pediatric Urology: An Imaging Overview for Current and Future Daily Practice. In: Radiologic Clinics of North America: (51) 583-598, 2013.

Tilak G, Bellah RD: Sonography of Pediatric Portal Hypertension. In: Ultrasound Clinics of North America 8(2): 285-298, 2013.

2012

Renjen P, Bellah RD, Hellinger J, Darge K.  Advances in Uroradiologic Imaging in Children.  In: Radiologic Clinics of North America 50(2): 207-218, 2012.

2010

Bellah RD:  Pediatric Uroradiology.  In: Katz DS, Math KR, Groskin SA (3rd Edition.): Radiology Secrets.  Philadelphia:  Hanley and Belfus, Inc.; pp. 391-403, 2010. 

Renjen P, Bellah RD, Hellinger J, Darge K: Advances in Pediatric Uroimaging. In: Urologic Clinics of North America 37(2): 307-318, 2010.

Bellah RD, Darge K, Epelman M:  Sonography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Urinary  Tract Infection. In. Ultrasound Clinics of North America 5(1), 1-14, 2010.

2006

Bellah RD. Pediatric uroradiology. In:  Katz DS, Math KR, Groskin SA, editors. Radiology secrets. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, Inc.; 2006. p 474-485.

Bellah, RD. Intracranial hemorrhage and ischemia in the premature infant. In: Bluth EI, Arger P, Benson C, Siegel M, Ralls P, editors. The practice of ultrasonography. 2nd Edition.

Servaes S, Bellah RD. Ultrasound of pediatric painful extremity. In: Ultrasound clinics of North America. 2006. 20061(3);497-507

Mong A, Bellah RD. Imaging of pediatric prostate. In: Radiological clinics of North America. 2006. 44(5);749-756.

2004

Olutaye O, Bellah RD, Strafford D. Ultrasound usage in emergency setting: pediatrics. In: Handbook of ultrasound for surgeons. Georgetown, Texas: Landes Bioscience; 2004. p 55-64

Conery J, Bellah RD, Johnson A:  Pediatric Uroimaging. In:  Kaplan B, Meyers K, editors. Pediatric nephrology and urology: the requisites. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2004. p 22-32.

2001

Bellah RD: Ultrasound in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Disease: Technique and Applications: Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology, Radiologic Clinics of North America 39(4): 597-618, 2001.

2000

Bellah, RD: Intracranial Hemorrhage and Ischemia in the Premature Infant.  In: Bluth, EI, Arger P, Benson C, Siegel M, Ralls P (Eds.): The Practice of Ultrasonography. New York: Thieme, 2000, pp. 503-520. 

1998

Bellah RD: Renal Sonography in Neonates and Infants. In:  Merritt, C.R.B. (Ed.) Diagnostic Ultrasound: Categorical Course Syllabus. American Roentgen Ray Society, 1998, pp.19 –30.

Bellah RD: Pediatric Uroradiology.  In: Katz DS, Math KR, Groskin SA (Eds.): Radiology Secrets. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, Inc.; pp. 391-403, 1998. 

1997

Bellah RD: Abdominal Sonography. In: Altschuler S, Liacouras C (Eds.): Clinical Pediatric Gastroenterology. Churchill Livingstone, 1997.

1996

Bellah RD: Cranial Sonography and Intracranial Hemorrhage in the Preterm Infant. In: Bluth E, Arger P, Hertzberg B, Middleton W (eds): Syllabus: Special Course in Ultrasound: RSNA, Chicago,1996, pp. 373-382.

1995

Kaplan BS, Kaplan P, Bellah RD: Cystic and Dysplastic Kidneys. In: Whitfield H (Ed.): Textbook of Genitourinary Surgery. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd., 1995.

1992

Bellah RD:  Doppler Ultrasound of the Pediatric Liver.  In: Herlinger H, Megibow AJ (Eds): Advances in Gastrointestinal Radiology. volume two.  Chicago:  Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1992, pp. 125-160.

Posters and Presentations

2014

Wang X1; Bellah RD2: Ultrasound of gastrointestinal polyps in children, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, AIUM annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2014 (First Place Poster Award).

2013

Anupindi SA, Khwaja AA, Halverson MR, Wang X, Bellah RD.  Bowel ultrasound in children with pathologic correlation: spectrum of disease beyond IBD (ARRS meeting, Washington, DC, March 2013).

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions
Reviewer

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Journal of Urology
Pediatric Radiology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Leadership and Memberships

Radiological Society of North America

Society for Pediatric Radiology

American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow)

American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

American Roentgen Ray Society

Society of Uroradiology

American College of Radiology