Matthew T. Whitehead, MD

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Matthew T. Whitehead, MD, is an attending radiologist with the Department of Radiology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN

Internship

Transitional Residency Program Internship - University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Residency

Radiology - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Fellowship

Neuroradiology - University of California, San Diego, CA
Pediatric Neuroradiology - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Board Certification

Diagnostic Radiology – American Board of Radiology
Neuroradiology – American Board of Radiology

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Radiologist

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

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2022

Whitehead MT, Barkovich MJ, Sidpra J, Alves CA, Mirsky DM, et al. Refining the Neuroimaging Definition of the Dandy-Walker Phenotype. AJNR Am J Neuroadiol 2022; Epub ahead of print: PMID: 36137655

Mature Teratoma of the Middle Ear in a Child. Otol Neurotol 2022; Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36166983

Cohen NT, Chang P, You X, Zhang A, Havens KA, Oluigbo CO, Whitehead MT, et al. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Pharmacoresistence in Children with Focal Cortical Dysplasia-Related Epilepsy. Neurology 2022; Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35985831.

Jacobs E, Whitehead MT. Clinical Spectrum of orbital and ocular abnormalities on fetal MRI. Pediatr Radiol 2022; Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35867110

Higashimoto T, Whitehead MT, MacLeod E, Starin D, Regier DS. Maple syrup urine disease decompensation misdiagnosed as a psychotic event. Mol Genet Metab Rep 2022;32:100886. PMID: 35756860

Cohen NT, Krishnamurthy M, Speta LN, Zhang A, Oluigbo C, Whitehead MT, et al. Networks Underlie Temporal Onset of Dysplasia-Related Epilepsy: A MELD Study. Ann Neurol 2022;92(3):503-511. PMID: 35726354

Brady D, Schlatterer SD, Whitehead MT. Fetal brain MRI: Neurometrics, Typical Diagnoses, and Resolving Common Dilemmas. Br J Radiol 2022;20211019. PMID: 35604645

Lai M, Gropman AL, Whitehead MT. MR Neuroimaging in Pediatric Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022;12(4):861. PMID: 35453911

Whitehead MT, Lai LM, Bluml S. Clinical 1H MRS in childhood neurometabolic diseases – part 1: technique and age-related normal spectra. Neuroradiology 2022;64(6):1101-1110. PMID: 35178593

Whitehead MT, Lai LM, Bluml S. Clinical 1H MRS in childhood neurometabolic diseases – part 2: MRS signatures. Neuroradiology 2022;64(6):1111-1126. PMID: 35224679

Sherman MA, Botero-Calderon L, Boggs K, Patel D, Goss M, Ahn Sy, Diab YA, Whitehead MT, et al. Central nervous system venalities in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with recurrent transient ischemic attacks. Lupus 2022;31(2):268-269. PMID: 35041537

2021

Whitehead MT, Vezina G, Schlatterer SD, Mulkey SB, du Plessis AJ. Taenia-tela choroidea complex and choroid plexus location help distinguish Dandy-Walker malformation and Blake pouch cysts. Pediatr Radiol 2021; 51(8):1457-1470. PMID: 33783580.

Whitehead MT, Bluml S. Proton and Multinuclear Spectroscopy of the Pediatric Brain. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2021 Nov;29(4):543-555. PMID: 34717844

Shim T, Zalzal H, Kumar N, Tercyak S, Whitehead MT, Reilly B, Preciado D. Round window anatomy predicts ease of cochlear implantation in children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021; 149:110852. PMID: 34311167.

Wiwattanadittakul N, Suwannachote S, You X, Cohen NT, Tran T, Phuackchantuck R, Tsuchida TN, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Zelleke T, Schreiber JM, Conry JA, Kao A, Bartolini L, Oluigbo C, Almira-Suarez MI, Havens K, Whitehead MT, Gaillard WD. Spatiotemporal distribution and age of seizure onset in a pediatric epilepsy surgery cohort with cortical dysplasia. Epilepsy Res. 2021;172:106598. Epub 2021. PMID: 33711709.

Whitehead MT, Guillot LM, Reilly BK. Cochlear signal alterations using pseudo-color perceptual enhancement for patients with sensorineural hearing loss. Pediatr Radiol. 2021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33687494.

Schlatterer SD, Sanapo L, du Plessis AJ, Whitehead MT, Mulkey SB. The Role of Fetal MRI for Suspected Anomalies of the Posterior Fossa. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Apr;117:10-18. Epub 2021. PMID: 33607354.

Melbourne L, Wien MA, Whitehead MT, Ridore M, Wang Y, Short BL, Bulas D, Massaro AN. Risk Factors for Brain Injury in Newborns Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Am J Perinatol 2020 [Epub online ahead of print] PMID: 32674203

Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging, Trofimova A, Milla SS, Ryan ME, Pruthi S, Blount JP, Desai NK, Glenn OA, Islam MP, Kadom N, Mirsky DM, Myseros JS, Partap S, Radhakrishnan R, Rose E, Soares BP, Trout AT, Udayasankar UK, Whitehead MT, Karmazyn B. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Seizures-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021;18(5S):S199-S211. PMID: 33958113.

Wisnowski JL, Bluml S, Panigrahy A, Mathur AM, Berman J, Chen PK, Dix J, Flynn T, Fricke S, Friedman SD, Head HW, Ho CY, Kline-Fath B, Oveson M, Patterson R, Pruthi S, Rollins N, Ramos YM, Rampton J, Rusin J, Shaw DW, Smith M, Tkach J, Vasanawala S, Vossough A, Whitehead MT, Xu D, Yeom K, Comstock B, Heagerty PJ, Juul SE, Wu YW, McKinstry RC; HEAL Study Group. Integrating neuroimaging biomarkers into the multicentre, high-dose erythropoietin for asphyxia and encephalopathy (HEAL) trial: rationale, protocol and harmonisation. BMJ Open. 2021;11(4):e043852. PMID: 33888528

Sen K, Anderson AA, Whitehead MT, Gropman AL. Review of Multi-Modal Imaging in Urea Cycle Disorders: The Old, the New, the Borrowed, and the Blue. Front Neurol 2021;12:632307. PMID: 33995244

Lawrence AK, Whitehead MT, Kruszka P, Sanapo L, Yano S, Tanpaiboon P, Muenke M, Fraser JL, du Plessis AJ. Prenatal Diagnosis of Diencephalic-Mesencephalic Junction Dysplasia: Fetal magnetic resonance imaging phenotypes, genetic diagnoses, and outcomes. Prenat Diagn. 2021. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 33522008

2020

Nada A, Agunbiade SA, Whitehead MT, Cousins JP, Ahsan H, Mahdi E. Cross-Sectional Imaging Evaluation of Congenital Temporal Bone Anomalies: What Each Radiologist Should Know. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2020:S0363-0188(20)30149-3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32951949

Sen K, Whitehead MT, Gropman AL. Multimodal imaging in urea cycle-related neurological disease - What can imaging after hyperammonemia teach us? Transl Sci Rare Dis. 2020;5(1-2):87-95. PMID: 33344172

Sohal P, Bregman J, Stokes S, Whitehead MT, Karwoski B. A rare case of pediatric Tolosa Hunt syndrome. J AAPOS 2020 [Epub ahead of print] PMID:32889049

Basu SK, Pradhan S, Jacobs MB, Said M, Kapse K, Murnick J, Whitehead MT, Chang T, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Age and Sex Influences Gamma-aminobutyric Acid Concentrations in the Developing Brain of Very Premature Infants. Sci Rep 2020; 10(1):10549. PMID:32601466

Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging, Robertson RL, Palasis S, Rivkin MJ, Pruthi S, Bartel TB, Desai NK, Kadom N, Kulkarni AV, Lam HFS, Maheshwari M, Milla SS, Mirsky DM, Myseros JS, Radhakrishnan R, Soares BP, Trout AT, Udayasankar UK, Whitehead MT, Karmazyn B. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Cerebrovascular Disease- Child.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2020; 17(5S):S36-S54. PMID: 32370977.

Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging, Ryan ME, Pruthi S, Desai NK, Falcone RA Jr, Glenn OA, Joseph MM, Maheshwari M, Marin JR, Mazzola C,  Milla SS,  Mirsky DM, Myseros JS, Niogi SN, Partap S, Radhakrishnan R, Robertson RL, Soares BP, Udayasankar UK, Whitehead MT, Wright JN, Karmazyn B. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Head Trauma- Child.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2020; 17(5S):S3125-S137. PMID: 32370957.

Cardenas AM, Whitehead MT, Bulas DI. Fetal Neuroimaging Update. Semin Pediatr Neurol 2020; 33:100801. PMID: 32331616

Whitehead MT, Vezina G. The Fetal Falx Cerebelli. Pediatr Radiol 2020 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32185447.

Whitehead MT, Najim N. Thalamic Massa Intermedia in Children with and without Midline Brain Malformations.  AJRN Am J Neuroadiol. 2020; 41(4): 721-35. PMID: 32115420

Agunbiade S, Nada A, Bhimaniya S, Whitehead MT, Mahdi ES. Chordoma with lung metastases at initial presentation of a pediatric patient. Radiol Case Rep 2020;15(4):382-386. PMID: 32055265

Koroulakis DJ, Reilly BK, Whitehead MT. Cochlear-facial dehiscence in a pediatric patient. Pediatr Radiol 2020; 50(5):750-752. PMID: 31915859

Schreiber JM, Tochen L, Brown M, Evans S, Ball LJ, Bumbut A, Thewamit R, Whitehead MT, Black C, Boutzoukas E, Fanto E, Suslovic W, Berl M, Hammer M, Gaillard WD. A multi-disciplinary clinic for SCN8A-related epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 2020;159:106261. PMID: 31887642

2019

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging: Whitehead MT, Cardenas AM, Corey AS, Policeni B, Burns J, Chakraborty S, Crowley WR, Jabbour P, Ledbetter LN, Lee RK, Pannell JS, Pollock JM, Poweres WJ, Setzen G, Shih RY, Subramaniam RM, Utukuri PS, Bykowski J. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Headache.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2019; 16(11S):S364-S364-S377. PMID: 31685104

Mahdi ES, Webb RL, Whitehead MT. Prevalence of pituitary cysts in children using modern magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Pediatr Radiol 2019;49(13):1781-1787. PMID: 31252514

Stellon MA, Cobourn K, Whitehead MT, Elling N, McClintock W, Oluigbo CO. “Laser and the Tuber”: thermal dynamic and volumetric factors influencing seizure outcomes in pediatric subjects with tuberous sclerosis undergoing steroenephalography-directed laser ablation of tubers. Childs Nerv Syst 2019;35(8):1333-1340. PMID: 31209639

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging: Juliano AF, Policeni B, Agarwal V, Burns J, Bykowski J, Harvey HB, Hoang JK, Hunt CH, Kennedy TA, Moonis G, Pannell JS, Parsons MS, Parsons MS, Powers WJ, Rosenow JM, Schroeder JW, Slavin K, Whitehead MT, Corey AS. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Ataxia.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2019; 16(5S):S44-S56. PMID: 31054758

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging: Hoang JK, Oldan JD, Mandel SJ, Policeni B, Agarwal V, Burns J, Bykowski J, Harvey HB, Juliano AF, Kennedy TA, Moonis G, Pannell JS, Parsons MS, Schroeder JW, Subramaniam RM, Whitehead MT, Corey AS. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Thyroid Disease.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2019; 16(5S):S300-S314. PMID: 31054756

Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging: Kadom N, Palasis S, Pruthi S, Biffl WL, Booth TN, Desai NK, Falcone RA Jr, Jones JY, Joseph MM, Kulkarni AV, Marin JR, Milla SS, Mirsky DM, Myseros JS, Reitman C, Robertson RL, Ryan ME, Saigal G, Schulz J, Soares BP, Tekes A, Trout AT, Whitehead MT, Karmazyn B. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Suspected Spine Trauma - Child.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2019; 16(5S):S286-S299. PMID: 31054755

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging: Burns J, Policeni B, Bykowski J, Dubey P, Germano IM, Jain V, Juliano AF, Moonis G, Parsons MS, Powers WJ, Rath TJ, Schroeder JW, Subramaniam RM, Teheri MR, Whitehead MT, Zander D, Corey A. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Neuroendocrine Imaging.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2019; 16(5S):S163-S173. PMID: 31054742

Reigh DA, Govindan RB, Whitehead MT, Wang J, Chang T, Kota S, du Plessis AJ. The effect of unilateral stroke on autonomic function in the term newborn. Pediatr Res. 2019. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID 30712058

2018

Whitehead MT, Smitthimedhin A, Webb J, Mahdi ES, Khademian ZP, Carpenter L, Abraham A. Cerebral Blood Flow and Marrow Diffusion Alterations in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia after Bone Marrow Transplantation and Transfusion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018;39(11):2132-39. PMID 30309846

Shrot S, Soares BP, Whitehead MT. Cerebral Diffusivity Changes in Fetuses with Chiari II Malformation. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2018;45(4):268-274. PMID 30121678

Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging:,Tekes A, Palasis S, Durand DJ, Pruthi S, Booth TN, Desai NK, Jones JY, Kadom N, Lam HFS, Milla SS, Mirsky DM, Partap S, Robertson RL, Ryan ME, Saigal G, Setzen G, Soares BP, Trout AT, Whitehead MT, Karmazyn B. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Sinusitis - Child.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2018(11S):403-S412. PMID: 30392608

Alzarka B, Usala R, Whitehead MT, Ahn SY. Hyponatremia: An Unusual Presentation in a Neonate with Chromosome 1q21.1 Deletion Syndrome. Front Pediatr 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00273. PMID 30364227

Jichlinski A, Clarke L, Whitehead MT, Gropman A. “Cerebral Palsy” in a Patient with Arginase Deficiency. Semin Pediatr Neurol 2018;26:110-114. PMID:29961498

Mahdi ES, Whitehead, MT. Clival Malformations in CHARGE Syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018;39(6):1153-1156. PMID: 29622552

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging:, Kennedy TA, Corey AS, Policeni B, Agarwal V, Burns J, Harvey HB, Hoang J, Hunt CH, Juliano AF, Mack W, Moonis G, Murad GJA, Pannell JS, Parsons MS, Powers WJ, Schroeder JW, Setzen G, Whitehead MT, Bykowski J. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Orbits, Vision, and Visual Loss.  J Am Coll Radiol. 2018(5S):S116-S131. PMID: 29724415

Mabray P, Thewamit R, Whitehead MT, Kao A, Scafidi J, Gaillard WD, Chang T, Tsuchida TN. Increased cerebral blood flow on arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging can localize seizure focus in newborns: A report of 3 cases. Epilepsia 2018;59(5):e63-e67. PMID: 29600511

Barkovich EJ, Lateef T, Whitehead MT. Neuroimaging Findings in Pallister-Killian Syndrome. The Neuroradiology Journal 2017/31(4):403-411. PMID: 29260614

Conant A, Curiel J, Pizzino A, Sabetrasekh P, Murphy J, Bloom M, Evans SH, Helman G, Taft RJ, Simons S, Whitehead MT, Moore SA, Vanderver A. Absence of Axoglial Paranodal Junctions in a Child with CNTNAP1 Mutations, Hypomyelination, and Arthrogryposis. Journal of Child Neurology, 2018 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID:29882456

Pizzino A, Whitehead MT, Rasekh PS, Murphy J, Helman G, Bloom M, Evans SE, Murnick JG, Conry J, Taft RJ, Simons C, Vanderver A, Adang L.  Mutations in SZT2 Result In Early-Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy and Leukoencephalopathy. Accepted for publication in American Journal of Medical Genetics: Part A, 2018.

2017

Expert Panels on Neurologic and Vascular Imaging:, Schroeder JW, Ptak T, Corey AS, Ahmed O, Biffl WL, Brennan JA, Chandra A, Ginsburg M, Hanley M, Hunt CH, Johnson MM, Kennedy TA, Patel ND, Policeni B, Reitman C, Steigner ML, Stiver SI, Strax R, Whitehead MT, Dill KE. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Penetrating Neck Injury. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017;14(11S):S500-S505.  PMID: 2910198

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging:, Policeni B, Corey AS, Burns J, Conley DB, Crowley RW, Harvey HB, Hoang J, Hunt CH, Jagadeesan BD, Juliano AF, Kennedy TA, Moonis G, Pannell JS, Patel ND, Perlmutter JS , Rosenow JM , Schroeder JW, Whitehead MT, Cornelius RS. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Cranial Neuropathy.   J Am Coll Radiol. 2017(11S):S406-S420. PMID: 29101981

Smitthimedhin A, Whitehead MT, Bigdeli M, Gustavo N, Geovanny P, Otero H. MRI determination of volumes for the upper airway and pharyngeal lymphoid tissue in preterm and term infants. Accepted for publication in Clinical Imaging, 2017.

Whitehead MT, Wien M, Lee B, Bass N, Gropman A. Cortical Venous Severity in MELAS syndrome correlates with Brain Lesion Development. Neuroradiology  2017 (8):813-118

Whitehead MT, Wien M, Lee B, Bass N, Gropman A. Reply Regarding Involvement of the Cerebral Veins in MELAS syndrome. Neuroradiology 2017;59(10):947-49. PMID: 28801831

Whitehead MT, Wien M, Lee B, Bass N, Gropman A. Black Toenail Sign in MELAS. Pediatric Neurology, 2017;75:61-65. PMID: 28818358

Lee B, Otero H, Whitehead MT. The Fate of Radiology Report Recommendations at a Pediatric Medical Center. Pediatric Radiology, 2017; 47(13): 1724-29. PMID 28852809

Sanapo L, Whitehead MT, Bulas DI, Ahmadzia HK, Pesacreta L, Chang T, du Plessis A. Fetal intracranial hemorrhage: role of fetal MRI. Prenatal Diagnosis 2017; 37(8):827-36. PMID 28626857

Lee B and Whitehead MT. Radiology Reports: What YOU think you’re saying and what THEY think you’re saying. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, 2017; 46(3):186-195 (PMID 28069356)

Wien M, Whitehead MT. The Association among Prematurity, Cochlear Hyperintensity, and Hearing Loss. The Neuroradiology Journal  2017;30(5):448-553.  (PMID28631523)

Salmela MB, Mortazavi S, Jagadeesan BD, Broderick DF, Burns J, Deshmukh TK, Harvey HB, Hoang J, Hunt CH, Kennedy TA, Khalessi AA, Mack W, Patel ND, Perlmutter JS, Policeni B, Schroeder JW, Setzen G, Whitehead MT, Cornelius RS, Corey AS. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Cerebrovascular Disease. Journal of American College of Radiology 2017; 14(5S):S34-S61 (PMID 28473091)

Whitehead MT, Lee B, McCarron A, Fricke ST, Vezina G. Reduced Subarachnoid Fluid Diffusion in Enlarged Subarachnoid Spaces of Infancy. Neuroradiol J 2017 Jan 1:1971400916689803 [Epub Ahead of Print] (PMID 28195509)

Policeni B, Burns J, Conley DB, Crowley W, Harvey B, Hoang J, Hunt CH, Jagadeesan BD, Juliano AF, Kennedy TA, Moonis G, Pannell JS, Patel ND, Perimutter JS, Rosenow JM, Schroeder JW, Whitehead MT, Cornelius RS, Corey AS. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Cranial Neuropathy. Journal of American College of Radiology 2017 [Ahead of print].

Wien MA, Whitehead MT, Bulas D, Ridore M, Melbourne L, Oldenburg G, Short BL, Masaro AN. Patterns of Brain Injury in Newborns Treated with ECMO. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38(4):820-826 (PMID 28209579)

Ferreira CR, Whitehead MT, Janampa EL. Biotin-thiamine responsive basal ganglia disease: identification of a pyruvate peak on brain spectroscopy, novel mutation in SLC19A3, and calculation of prevalence based on allele frequencies from aggregated next-generation sequencing data. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 2017; 173(6):1502-1513 (PMID 28402605)

Tavasoli A, Armangue T, Ho Cy, Whitehead MT, Bornhorst M, Rhee J, Hwang El, Wells EM, Packer R, van der Knaap MS, Bugiani M, Vanderver A. Alexander Disease. J Child Neurol 2017;32(2):184-187 (PMID 28112050)

Schneebaum N, Rathinaswamy G, Whitehead MT, Massaro A, Metzler M, Wang J, Cheng Y, duPlessis A. Cerebral modulation of the autonomic nervous system in term infants. Accepted to Journal of Perinatology, 2017 (PMID 28079874)

Will N, Whitehead MT, Meany HJ, Reilly BK. A 6-year-old Presenting with Headache and Post-auricular Pain. Accepted for publication in the American Journal of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery, 2016 [Epub ahead of print] (PMID 27914712)

Luca Bartolini, L, Whitehead MT, Ho CY, Sepeta LN, Oluigbo CO, Havens K, Freilich ER, Schreiber JM, Gaillard WD. Temporal lobe epilepsy and focal cortical dysplasia in children: A tip to find the abnormality. Epilepsia 2017;58(1):113-122 (PMID 27864929)

Mahdi E, Whitehead MT. Coronal Clival Cleft in CHARGE Syndrome. Neuroradiol J 2017 Jan 1:197140091678248 (PMID28059674)

2016

Mourad M, Haberle J, Whitehead MT, Stricker T, Gropman A. Brain Biomarkers of Long-term Outcome of Neonatal Onset Urea Cycle Disorder. Int J Neonatal Screen 2016;2(4)

Whitehead MT, Lee B, Gropman A. Reply Regarding Lesional Perfusion Abnormalities on Arterial Spin Labeling in Leigh Disease. Pediatr Radiol 2017;47(1):126-127 (PMID 27826678)

Sacino MF, Ho CY, Whitehead MT, Zelleke T, Magge SN, Myseros J, Keating RF, Gaillard WD, Oluigbo CO. Resective surgery for focal cortical dysplasia in children: a comparative analysis of the utility of intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI). Childs Nerv Syst. 2016;32(6):1101-7 (PMID 27048150)

Sacino MF,  Ho CY, Whitehead MT,  Kao A, Depositario-Cabacar D, Myseros J, Magge SN,  Keating RF, Gaillard WD, Oluigbo CO. Repeat surgery for cortical dysplasias in children: Indications and Outcomes. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2016;11:1-8 (PMID 27834621)

Sanapo L, Wien M, Whitehead MT, Blask A, Gallagher M, DeBiasi R. Fetal Anemia, Cerebellar Hemorrhage, and Hyoplasia associated with Congenital Parvovirus Infection. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2016;9:1-4 (PMID 27558443)

Whitehead MT, Helman G, Gropman AL MR Imaging Findings in Xp21.2 Duplication Syndrome.  Journal of Radiology Case Reports 2016; 10(5): 9-14 (PMID 27761175)

Kline J, Whitehead MT, Atabaki S.  Acute-onset flaccid hemiparesis in a 9-year-old with presumed enteroviral infection. Pediatric Emergency Care, 2018; 34(9):e171-e174. (PMID 30130341)

Whitehead MT, Vezina G. Normal Developmental Globe Morphology on Fetal MR. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2016 [Epub ahead of print] (PMID 27102309)

Whitehead MT, Lee B, Gropman AL. Lesional perfusion abnormalities in Leigh Syndrome demonstrated by ASL correlate with disease activity. Pediatric Radiology, 2016; 46(9): 1309-1316 (PMID 27043731)

Will N, Whitehead MT, Meany HJ, Reilly BK. A 6-year-old Presenting with Headache and Post-auricular Pain. Accepted for publication in JAMA Otolaryngology 2016

Whitehead MT, Vezina G. Asymptomatic Interhypothalamic Adhesions in Children. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016;37(4):E35 (PMID 26915574)

Helman G, Caldovic L, Whitehead MT, et al. MRI spectrum of SDH deficiency-related infantile leukoencephalopathy. Ann Neurol 2016;79(3):379-86 (PMID 26642834)

2015

Whitehead MT, Lee B. Neuroimaging features of San Luis Valley syndrome. Case Reports in Radiology 2015;2015:748413 (PMID 26425383)

Whitehead MT, Vezina G. MR Spectroscopic Profile of an Angiocentric Glioma. Anticancer Res 2015;35(11):6267-70 (PMID 26504061)Whitehead MT. Thalamic Massa Intermedia Duplication in a Dysmorphic 14 month-old Toddler. Journal of Radiology Case Reports 2015;9(6):1-5 (PMID 26622932)

Patel ND, Broderick DF, Burns J, Deshmukh TK, Fries IB, Harvey HB, Holly L, Hunt CH, Jagadeesan BD, Kennedy TA, O’Toole JE, Perlmutter JS, Policeni B, Rosenow JM, Schroeder JW, Whitehead MT, Cornelius RS, Corey AS. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Low Back Pain. Journal of American College of Radiology 2016; 13(9): 1069-78 (PMID 27496288)

Choudhri AF, Whitehead MT, et al. Cortical activation through passive-motion functional MRI. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015;36(9):1675-81 (PMID 26228890)

Oluigbo C, Wang, J, Whitehead MT, Magge S, Myseros J, Yaun A, Depositario-Cabacar D, Gaillard W, Keating R.  The influence of lesion volume, perilesional resection volume and completeness of resection on seizure outcome following resective epilepsy surgery for cortical dysplasia in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2015;15(6):644-50 (PMID 26030332)

Elijovich L, Gienapp A, Ali SH, Goyal N, Hoit D, Arthur A, Whitehead MT, Choudhri AF. CTA Collateral Score Predicts Infarct Volume and Clinical Outcome after Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: a Retrospective Chart Review. Journal of Interventional Neurosurgery 2015;8(6):559-62 (PMID 25963154)

Choudhri AF, Whitehead MT, Siddiqui A, Klimo P, Boop FA. Diffusion Characteristics of Pediatric Pineal Tumors. Neuroradiol J. 2015;28(2):209-16 (PMID 25963154)

Simons C, Griffin LB, Helman BS, Golas G, Pizzino A, Bloom M, Murphy J, Crawford J, Evans SH, Tropper S, Whitehead MT, Schreiber JM, Chapman K, Tifft C, Lu KB, Gamper H, Shigematsu M, Taft RJ, Antonellis A, Hou YM, Vanderver A. Loss-of-Function Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase Mutations case an Autosomal-Recessive Early-onset Epileptic Encephalopathy with a Persistent Myelination Defect. A J Hum Genet 2015;96(4):675-81 (PMID 25817015)

Whitehead MT, Nagaraj U, Pearl P. Neuroimaging Manifestations of Cornelia de Lange  Syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 2015;45(8):1198-205 (PMID 25701113)

Whitehead MT, Vezina G. Osseous Intramedullary Signal Alteration and Enhancement in Sturge-Weber syndrome: An Early Diagnostic Clue. Neuroradiology 2015; 57(4):395-400 (PMID 25592447)

Whitehead MT, Oh C, Raju A, Choudhri AF. Physiologic Pineal Region and Choroid Plexus Calcifications in the 1st Decade of Life. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2015;36(3):575-80 (PMID 25355815)

Choudhri AF, Patel R, Wilroy RS, Pivnick E, Whitehead MT. Trigeminal Nerve Agenesis with Absence of Foramina Rotunda in Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics (part A) 2015;167A(1):238-42 (PMID 25339626)

2014

Whitehead MT, Gilbert Vezina. Tuber Cinereum Diverticula in a 28-Month-Old with Xq21 Deletion Syndrome. Case Rep Radiol 2014;2014:413574 (PMID: 25126438)

Choudhri AF, Klimo P Jr, Auschwi S, Whitehead MT, Boop FA. 3T Intraoperative MRI for Management of Pediatric CNS Neoplasms. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:2382-2387 (PMID 25059696)

Demarest ST, Whitehead MT, Turnacioglu S, Pearl PL, Gropman A. Phenotypic Analysis of Epilepsy in the MELAS-Associated mtDNA A3243G Mutation. Journal of Child Neurology 2014;29(9):1249-56 (PMID 25038129)

Whitehead MT and Vezina G. Interhypothalamic Adhesion: A series of 13 cases. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2014;35(10):2002-6 (PMID 24874532)

Whitehead MT, Choudhri AF, Grimm J, Nelson MD. Rhombencephalosynapsis as a cause of aqueductal stenosis: an under-recognized association in hydrocephalic children. Pediatric Radiology 2014;44(7):849-56 (PMID 24633306)

Whitehead MT, Raju A, Choudhri AF. Normal Centrolineal Myelination of the Callosal Splenium reflects the Development of the Cortical Origin and Size of its Commissural Fibers. Neuroradiology 2014;56(4):333-8 (PMID 2446357)

Choudhri AF, Whitehead MT, Klimo P Jr, Montgomery BK, Boop FA. Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Guide Surgical Planning in Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Children. Neuroradiology 2014;56(2):169-74 (PMID 24395215)

2013

Whitehead MT, Angel JD. Interhypothalamic Adhesion in a 9-month-old Male with Cleft Palate. Case Reports in Radiology 2013;2013:197415 (PMID 24368961)

Choudhri AF, Narayana S, Rezaie R, Whitehead MT, McAfee SS, Wheless JW, Boop FA, Papanicolaou AC. Same Day Tri-modality Functional Brain Mapping prior to Resection of a Lesion involving Eloquent Cortex: Technical Feasibility Neuroradiol Journal 2013;26(5):548-54 (PMID 24199815)

Choudhri AF, Whitehead MT, McGregor AE, Einhaus SL, Boop FA, Wheless JW. Diffusion tensor imaging to evaluate commissural disconnection after corpus callosotomy. Neuroradiology 2013;55(11):1397-403 (PMID 24113714)

Whitehead MT, OH C, Choudhri AF. Incidental Pineal Cysts in Children Who Undergo 3-T MRI. Pediatric Radiology 2013; 43(12):1577-83 (PMID 23852563)

Whitehead MT, Choudhri AC, Salim S. MR Imaging findings in Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome. Clinical Ophthalmology 2013;7:911-6 (PMID 23723681)

Choudhri AF, Patel BJ, Phillips ME, Mills KA, Whitehead MT, Fleming JC. Diamagnetic susceptibility artifact associated with graphite foreign body of the orbit. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2013;29(4):e105-7 (PMID 23381565)

2012

Whitehead MT, Grimm J, Nelson MD. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Dura in a 19 Month Old Male. Radiology 2012;264(3):912-916 (PMID 22919043)

Abstracts

2022

Whitehead MT and the international Dandy-Walker imaging consortium. The Modern Dandy-Walker Malformation Phenotype. Presented at ASPNR, 2022; Best Oral Abstract award

Jacobs E, Whitehead MT. Clinical spectrum of orbital and ocular abnormalities on fetal MRI. Presented at ASPNR, 2022

2021

Whitehead MT, Lai L, Bluml S. MRS Signatures of Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Children with Normal or Near-normal appearing brains. Accepted for presentation at RSNA, 2021.

Books

Chapters

2022

Whitehead MT, Gropman A. MRI and In Vivo Spectroscopy of the Brain. In: Blau N, et al (eds). Physician’s Guide to the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-Up of Inherited Metabolic Diseases. Second Edition, 2022. Springer, Cham.

2018

Whitehead MT, Gropman AL. Other Metabolic Syndromes. In: Lewis J, Keshari K (eds). Imaging and Metabolism. 2018S Springer, Cham.

2016

Breeden A, Prust MJ, Fricke ST, Whitehead MT, Gropman A. Advances in MR Spectroscopy for Inherited Epilepsies. Metabolic Epilepsies, 2016.

2015

Gaillard WD, Whitehead MT, Murnick J. Optimizing imaging in aiding management. Seizures of onset In the first two years of life. Progress in Epileptic Disorders, 2015. 

Whitehead MT, Fricke S, Gropman AL. Structural Brain Defects. Clinics in Perinatology, 2015. Clinics in Perinatology 2015; 42(2):337-361. (PMID26042908)

Awards and Honors

2022, Best Oral Presentation, ASPNR annual meeting
2015 & 2017, Golden Apple Award, Children’s National Medical Center, Department of Radiology
2013, Golden Apple Award, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Radiology
2011, Retzius Neuroanatomy Competition, 2nd place, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2006-2009, Resident Teacher of the Year, The University of Virginia, Department of Radiology
2003, Dorothy Snider Merit Award, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
2002 Bradford Merit Scholarship, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
2000, Summa Cum Laude, The University of Tennessee
1996-2000, Honors Seminar Scholarship, The University of Tennessee

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2021-present, Neuroradiology
2015-present, American Journal of Neuroradiology
2015-present, Journal of Child Neurology
2015-present, Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
2014-present, Epilepsia
2014-present, Pediatric Radiology
2012-present, Radiographics

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2022-present, American Roentgen Ray Society
2017-present, Society of Pediatric Radiology
 - 2017-present, Neuroradiology Committee
2016-present, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology
 - 2017-present, Executive Committee, Member-at-Large
2011-present, American Society of Neuroradiology, Senior Member
2005-present, Radiologic Society of North America
2005-present, American College of Radiology
 - 2017-present, Appropriateness Criteria, Pediatric Neuroradiology Committee
 - 2013-present, Appropriateness Criteria, Neuroradiology Committee