Kiran Shankar Talekar MD
Neuroradiology
Associate Professor, Radiology, SKMC and Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp
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132 S 10th StPhiladelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-955-6226
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Summary
- Dr. Kiran Talekar is a neuroradiologist based in Philadelphia and currently serves as an Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He completed fellowships in abdominal and neuroradiology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH and the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Talekar is the Program Director of the Neuroradiology Fellowship and Co-Director of the combined Neuroradiology–Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship. He also leads the Brain Mapping program within the Neuroradiology department. His areas of expertise include MRI, brain mapping, advanced functional MR imaging techniques, and procedures such as lumbar puncture, myelography, and CT angiography. His recent publications cover topics including functional imaging, imaging of neonatal ischemia, neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury and imaging in concussion recovery.
Education & Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHFellowship, Abdominal Radiology, 2011 - 2012- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHFellowship, Neuroradiology, 2009 - 2010
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsFellowship, Neuroradiology, 2008 - 2009
Grant Medical CollegeClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2025
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology- American Board of Radiology Neuroradiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Imaging hallmarks of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and insights into pathogenesis.Albalooshy Basimah, Scott Scott Faro, Hsiangkuo Yuan, Kiran Talekar, Prabath Mondel
Frontiers in Radiology. 2025-01-01 - 1 citationsPeriaqueductal gray connectivity in spinal cord injury-induced neuropathic pain.Omid Shoraka, Mashaal Syed, Shreya Mandloi, Sara Thalheimer, Sara Naghizadeh Kashani
Journal of Neuroimaging. 2024-09-09 - 1 citationsAcute Kidney Injury and Abnormalities on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging or Death in Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Case-Control Study.Eliza DeSantis, Kiran Talekar, Margaret Dougherty, David Carola, Kolawole Solarin
American Journal of Perinatology. 2024-05-01
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