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Beverly G. Coleman, MD, FACR

Beverly G. Coleman, MD, FACR

Beverly G. Coleman, MD, FACR

Beverly G. Coleman, MD, FACR, is a board-certified radiologist specializing in prenatal imaging and Director of fetal imaging at CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. She holds the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Fetal Imaging.

Areas of expertise: Abdominal imaging, Ultrasound

Locations: Main Building


800-468-8376

About Beverly G. Coleman, MD, FACR

Titles

Radiologist

Emeritus Professor CE of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Diagnostic Radiology – American Board of Radiology

Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

2021, Louis Duhring Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
2018, Distinguished Service Award, Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
2015, Lifetime Service Award, American Board of Radiology
2015, Endowed Chair in Fetal Imaging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2013, Gold Medallion Award, Pennsylvania Radiological Society
2009-2014, America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2008, Honored Radiologist, Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society
2005-2008, 2010-2013, 2018-2022, Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors in Diagnostic Radiology
2000, "Gray Scale and Color/Power Doppler Features of Primary Versus Secondary Adnexal Torsions," Silver Medal Award, American Roentgen Ray Society
1994, "Power Color Doppler vs. Conventional Color Doppler of the Ovary," Cum Laude Award, Radiological Society of North America

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations
International

1979-present, Radiological Society of North America

National

1998-present, American Board of Radiology
1995-present, American Association of Women Radiologists
 - 2021-present, Fellow
1993-present, National Medical Association
1991-present, Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
 - 1991-present, Fellow
1980-present, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
 - 1999-present, Fellow
1980-present, American College Radiology
1979-present, American Roentgen Ray Society

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2020-present, Reviewer, Ultrasound Quarterly
1986-present, Reviewer, American Journal of Roentgenology

Academic and Institutional Committees

2021-present, Physician Peer Review Committee
2018-present, Radiology Chair's Council
2017-present, CFDT Research Committee
2014-present, Radiology Executive Board of Directors
1987-present, Executive Committee of Radiology Associates

Education & training

Medical Degree

MD - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Internship

Internal Medicine - Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

Residency

Radiology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2021

Shainker SA, Coleman BG, Timor-Tritsch IE, Bhide A, Bromley B, Cahill AG, Gandhi M, Hecht JL, Johnson KM, Levine D, Mastrobattista J, Philips J, Platt LD, Shamshirsaz AA, Shipp TD, Silver RM, Simpson LL, Copel JA, Abuhamad A: Special Report of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Placenta Accreta Spectrum Ultrasound Marker Task Force: Consensus on definition of markers and approach to the ultrasound examination in pregnancies at risk for placenta accreta spectrum. AM J Obstet Gynecol 224(1): B2-B14, Jan 2021.

Shainker SA, Coleman BG, Timor-Tritsch IE, Bhide A, Bromley B, Cahill AG, Gandhi M, Hecht JL, Johnson KM, Levine D, Mastrobattista J, Philips J, Platt LD, Shamshirsaz AA, Shipp TD, Silver RM, Simpson LL, Copel JA, Abuhamad A: Special Report of the Society for Maternal- Fetal Medicine Placenta Accreta Spectrum Ultrasound Marker Task Force: Consensus on definition of markers and approach to the ultrasound examination in pregnancies at risk for placenta accreta spectrum. SMFM 224(1): B2-B14, Jan 2021 Notes: Electronic address: pubs@smfm.org DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.09.001

Didier R, Oliver E, Rungsiprakarn P, DeBari S, Adams S, Hedrick H, Adzick N, Khalek N, Howell L, Coleman B : Decreased morbidity of 'bowel-only' left congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients: implications of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis for prenatal counseling and postnatal management. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Mar 2021 Notes: 10.1002/uog.23630. Online ahead of print.

Sohaey R, DiSalvo DN, Bluth EI, Lockhart ME, Cohen HL, Pellerito JS, Baltarowich OH, Nisenbaum HL, Coleman BG: Medical Student Ultrasound Education, The Radiology Chair Weighs In. Ultrasound Q 37(1): 3-9, Mar 2021. Notes: DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000557.

Sohaey R, Salvo D, Bluth E, Lockhart M, Cohen H, Pellerito J, Baltarowich O, Nisenbaum H, Coleman B: Medical Student Ultrasound Education: The Radiology Chair Weighs In. Ultrasound Q 37(1): 3-9, Mar 2021.

2020

Two's Company: Multiple Thoracic Lesions on Prenatal US and MRI. Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Didier RA, Johnson AM, Khalek N, Peranteau WH, Howell LJ, Adzick NS, Coleman BG. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2020 Jun 29;1-11. doi: 10.1159/000507783. Online ahead of print.

The Association of Fetal Thymus Size With Subsequent T Cell Counts in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Dou Y, Schindewolf E, Crowley TB, McGinn DM, Moldenhauer JS, Coleman BG, Oliver ER, Sullivan KE. J Clinical Immunol. 2020 Jun 25. doi: 10.1007/s10875-020-00807-5. Online ahead of print.

Oliver ER, Heuer GG, Thom EA, Burrows PK, Didier RA, DeBari SE, Martin-Saavedra JS, Moldenhauer JS, Jatres J, Howell LJ, Adzick NS, Coleman BG. Myelomeningocele Sac Associated With Worse Lower-Extremity Neurological Sequelae: Evidence for Prenatal Neural Stretch Injury? Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun;55(6):740-746. doi: 10.1002/uog.21891. Read the abstract.

Didier RA, Martin-Saavedra JS, Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Bilaniuk LT, Howell LJ, Moldenhauer JS, Adzick NS, Heuer GG, Coleman BG: Fetal intraventricular hemorrhage in open neural tube defects: prenatal imaging evaluation and perinatal outcomes. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 41(10): 1923-1929, Oct 2020 Notes: doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6745.

2019

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia sacs: prenatal imaging and associated postnatal outcomes. Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Adams SE, Didier RA, Horii SC, Victoria T, Hedrick HL, Adzick NS, Howell LJ, Moldenhauer JS, Coleman BG. Pediatr Radiol. 2019 Jan 11. doi: 10.1007/s00247-018-04334-9. [Epub ahead of print]

2018

Riley JS, Urwin JW, Oliver ER, Coleman BG, Khalek N, Moldenhauer JS, Gebb J, Hedrick HL, Spinner SS, Adzick NS, Peranteau WH: Prenatal growth characteristics and pre/postnatal management of bronchopulmonary sequestrations. J Pediatr Surg 53:265-269, 2018. 

Didier RA, Sridharan A, Lawrence K, Coleman BG, Davey MG, Flake AW. Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Extracorporeal Support: In Vitro Studies and Initial Experience and Safety Data in the Extreme Premature Fetal Lamb Maintained by the Extrauterine Environment for Neonatal Development. J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Dec 17;. PMID: 30560564 

Didier RA, DeBari SE, Oliver ER, Gebb JS, Howell LJ, Hedrick HL, Adzick NS, Coleman BG (2018 Sep 23). Secondary Imaging Findings Aid in Prenatal Diagnosis and Characterization of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Role of an Abnormal Orientation of Vascular Structures and Gallbladder Position. J Ultrasound Med. doi: 10.1002/jum.14823. PMID: 30244484. Epub ahead of print.

Didier RA, DeBari SE, Oliver ER, Gebb JS, Howell LJ, Adzick NS, Coleman BG: Secondary imaging findings in prenatal diagnosis and characterization of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Abnormal orientation of vascular structures of vascular structures and gallbladder position. J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Sep 23. doi: 10.1002/jum.14823. [Epub ahead of print]

Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Horii SC, Pogoriler JE, Victoria T, Khalek N, Howell LJ, Adzick NS, Coleman BG. Congenital Lobar Overinflation: A Rare Enigmatic Lung Lesion on Prenatal Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Sep 12. doi: 10.1002/jum.14801. [Epub ahead of print]

Andreotti RF, Timmerman D, Benacerraf BR, Bennett GL, Bourne T, Brown DL, Coleman BG, Frates MC, Froyman W, Goldstein SR, Hamper UM, Horrow MM, Hernanz-Schulman M, Reinhold C, Strachowski LM, Glanc P (2018 Oct). Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting Lexicon for Ultrasound: A White Paper of the ACR Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System Committee. The Journal of the American College of Radiology, 15(10): 1415-1429. Doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.07.004. PMID: 30149950. Electronically published: 2018 Aug 24

Schindewolf E, Khalek N, Johnson MP, Gebb J, Coleman B, Crowley TB, Zackai EH, McDonald-McGinn DM, Moldenhauer JS. Expanding the fetal phenotype: Prenatal sonographic findings and perinatal outcomes in a cohort of patients with a confirmed 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 Jul 28. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38665. [Epub ahead of print]

Gebb JS, Khalek N, Qamar H, Ozcan T, Johnson MP, Oliver ER, Coleman BG, Peranteau WH, Hedrick HL, Flake AW, Adzick NS, Moldenhauer JS: High tumor volume to fetal weight ratio is associated with worse fetal outcomes and increased maternal risks in fetuses with sacrococcygeal teratoma. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2019;45(2):94-101. doi: 10.1159/000486782. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Oliver ER, DeBari SE, Giannone MM, Pogoriler JE, Johnson AM, Horii SC, Gebb JS, Howell LJ, Adzick NS, Coleman BG: Going with the Flow: An Aid in Differentiating Bronchopulmonary Sequestrations and Hybrid Lesions. J Ultrasound Med 2018; 37:371-383. February 2018.

2017

Glanc Phyllis, Benacerraf Beryl, Bourne Tom, Brown Douglas, Coleman Beverly G, Crum Christopher, Dodge Jason, Levine Deborah, Pavlik Edward, Timmerman Dirk, Ueland Frederick R, Wolfman Wendy, Goldstein Steven R: First International Consensus Report on Adnexal Masses: Management Recommendations. Journal of ultrasound in medicine: official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 36(5): 849-863, May 2017.

Victoria T, Danzer E, Oliver ER, Edgar JC, Iyoob S, Partridge EA, Johnson AM, Peranteau WH, Coleman BG, Flake AW, Johnson MP, Hedrick H, Adzick NS. Right Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias: Is There a Correlation between Prenatal Lung Volume and Postnatal Survival, as in Isolated Left Diaphragmatic Hernias? Fetal Diagn Ther. 2017 Mar 21. Doi:10.1159/000464246. [Epub ahead of print]

Peranteau WH, Iyoob SD, Boelig MM, Khalek N, Moldenhauer JS, Johnson MP, Hedrick HL, Flake AW, Coleman BG, Adzick NS. Prenatal growth characteristics of lymphatic malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Jan;52(1):65-68.

Oliver ER, Coleman BG, DeBari SE, Victoria T, Looney DM, Horii SC, Moldenhauer JS, Langer JE, Howell LJ, Pawel BR, Adzick NS. Fetal Lymphatic Malformations: More Variable Than We Think? J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Jan 27. Doi:10.7863/ultra.16.04071. [Epub ahead of print]

2015

Olive A, Moldenhauer JS, Laje P, Johnson MP, Coleman BG, Victoria T, Flake AW, Adzick NS. Axillary lymphatic malformations: Prenatal evaluation and postnatal outcomes. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Oct;50(10):1711-5.

Olive A, Moldenhauer JS, Laje P, Johnson MP, Coleman BG, Victoria T, Flake AW, Adzick NS. Axillary lymphatic malformations: Prenatal evaluation and postnatal outcomes. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Apr 29. pii: S0022-3468(15)00312-7. doi: 10.1016. 

Partridge EA, Victoria T, Coleman BG, Martinez-Poyer J, Laje P, Hedrick HL, Flake AW, Adzick NS. Prenatal diagnosis of esophageal bronchus - first report of a rare foregut malformation in utero. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Feb;50(2):306-10. Epub 2014 Nov 10. 

Coleman BG, Langer JE, Horii SC. The diagnostic features of spina bifida: the role of ultrasound. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2015;37(3):179-196.

2014

Aguirre-Pascual E, Epelman M, Johnson AM, Chauvin NA, Coleman BG, Victoria T. Prenatal MRI evaluation of limb-body wall complex. Pediatr Radiol. 2014 Nov;44(11):1412-20. Epub 2014 Jun 14.

Vrecenak JD, Howell LJ, Khalek N, Moldenhauer JS, Johnson MP Coleman BG, Victoria T, Hedrick HL, Peranteau WH, Flake AW, Adzick NS : Outcomes of prenatally diagnosed lung lesions in multigestational pregnancies Fetal Diagn Ther 36: 312-319, December 2014.

HT Nguyen, Benson CB, Bromley B, Campbell JB, Chow J, Coleman BG, Cooper C, Crino J, Darge K, Herndon CDA, Odibo AO, Somers MJG, Stein DR: Multidisciplinary consensus on the classification of prenatal and postnatal urinary tract dilation (UTD classification system). Journal of Pediatric Urology 10: 982-999, November 2014.

Harolds JA, Coleman BG, Recht MP, Bluth EL: "The Advantages, Disadvantages, and Policies for Part-Time Radiologists: Report of the ACR Commission on Human Resources" J AM Coll Radiol 11(7): 668-672, July 2014.

2013

Oliver ER, Colman BG, Goff DA, Horii SC, Howell LJ, Rychik J, Bebbington MW, Johnson MP. Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence: a new method of parabiotic twin mass estimation correlated with pump twin compromise. J Ultrasound Med. 2013 Dec;32(12):2115-23.

Victoria T, Epelman M, Coleman BG, Horii S, Oliver ER, Mahboubi S, Khalek N, Kasperski S, Edgar JC, Jaramillo D. Low-dose fetal CT in the prenatal evaluation of skeletal dysplasias and other severe skeletal abnormalities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013;200(5):989-1000. 

Books

1994

Thomas L. Lawson, MD, Richard A. Bowerman, MD, Beverly G. Coleman, MD, Gary M. Kellman, MD, William D. Middleton, MD. : Diagnostic Ultrasonography (Second Series) Test and Syllabus. Reston, VA:  American College of Radiology, Page: 842 pp,  1994.

1992

Beverly G. Coleman,: The Female Pelvis.  Radiology Clinics of North America.  MD, Guest Editor. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co July 1992.

1980

Peters JC, Coleman BG, Turner ML, Arger PH, Mulhern CB, Dalinka MK, Allen DA, Schumacher HR: CT evaluation of enlarged ilio-psoas bursa. AJR 135: 392-394, Aug 1980.

Chapters
2009

Ankola A, Zafar H, Coleman BG. :  Pitfalls in Obstetrical Ultrasound.  ARRS 2009 Categorical Course.  Ultrasound: Practical Sonography for the Radiologist Page: pp 1-11. 2009.

2006

White DS, Coleman BG.:  Vascular Ultrasound. In: Pretorius ES, Solomon JA (eds): Radiology Secrets, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Elsevier Mosby Page: pp-572-580, 2006.

Silver RI, Coleman BG.:  Obstetric ultrasound: second-trimester imaging. In: Pretorius ES, Solomon JA (eds): Radiology Secrets, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Elsevier Mosby Page: pp-564-571.  2006.

2002

Coleman BG: Academic Considerations.  The AAWR Pocket Mentor.  Monaster BJ, edition,  American Association of Women Radiologists 2002.    

2001

Coleman BG: American Association of Women Radiologists, Pocket Mentor,  2nd edition,  Survival Guide for Women Radiologists, 2001. 

2000

Coleman BG: Tamoxifen. Ultrasound:  A practical approach to clinical problems.  Bluth EI, Arger PH, Benson CB, Ralls PW, Siegel MJ.  New York, NY. Thieme Publications 2000. 

Coleman BG: Tamoxifen. Ultrasonography in obstetrics and gynecology: A Practical Approach.  Benson CB, Arger PH, Bluth EI, eds. New York, NY.  Thieme Publications 2000.

1989

Arger PH, Coleman BG: Transvaginal Sonography in Outpatient Radiologic Practice. Diagnostic Imaging  Vol 11(No. 12): 102-121, 1989. 

1987

Coleman, BG. Normal Anatomy, The Malfunctioning Kidney, Cystic Renal Disorders and Trauma, Renal Neoplasms and Renal Infections, Renal Infections and Calculus Disease, and Retroperitoneum.  Genitourinary Ultrasound:  Beverly G. Coleman, Ed., Igaku-Shoin, New York,  A Text/Atlas.   1987. 

Coleman BG, Pollock HM.:   Interventional Ultrasound.  Genitourinary Ultrasound:  Beverly G. Coleman, Ed., Igaku-Shoin, New York, A Text/Atlas. 1987.

1986

Coleman BG: Urinary Bladder, Seminal Vesicles, Testes & Scrotum. Ryozo Omoto, Mitsunao Kobayashi and Morimichi Fukuda, Eds., Igaku-Shoin, New York,  Atlas of Essential Ultrasound Imaging, 2nd edition 1986. 

Coleman BG: Thyroid Gland & Parathyroid Gland.  Atlas of Essential Ultrasound Imaging, 2nd edition.  Ryozo Omoto, Mitsunao Kobayashi and Morimichi Fukuda, eds. Igaku-Shoin New York 1986.

1984

Coleman BG, Arger PH:  Renal Neoplasms. Ultrasound in Urology: Martin I. Resnick and Roger C. Sanders, Eds. Williams and Wilkins 1984.

1980

Arger PH, Mulhern CB, Coleman BG: Pelvic Imaging: Coordinated Ultrasound and Computed Tomography Approach. Abdomen, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Computed Tomography: Abass Alavi and Peter H. Arger, Eds. New York,  Grune & Stratton November 1980.

Mulhern CB, Arger PH, Coleman BG:  Pancreatic Imaging: Ultrasound and Computed Tomography. Abdomen: Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Computed Tomography: Abass Alavi and Peter H. Arger, Eds. New York, Grune & Stratton November  1980.

Abass Alavi and Peter H. Arger, Coleman BG, Arger PH, Mulhern CB: Role of Ultrasound and Computed Tomography in Retroperitoneal Imaging. Abdomen: Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Computed Tomography:  Eds. New York, Grune & Stratton November 1980.

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