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Seetharam Chadalavada, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Vice Chair of Radiology - Informatics; Associate Professor of Radiology (VIR) & Surgery

Radiology | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Vascular & Interventional Radiology)
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Imaging Informatics)
  • Medical Degree: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) (MD with specialization in biomedical research)
  • Master of Science: Case Western Reserve University (Biomedical Sciences)
  • Bachelor's Degree: University of Michigan (Biology & Economics)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Radiology (Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology) (Certification Date: 2017-10-16)

Languages

Telugu

Specialties

Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology
Radiology-Diagnostic
Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Diagnostic Radiology

Interventional Radiology

Arterial disease

Biliary disease

Liver disease

Venous Disease

Venous Insufficiency

Venous Thromboembolism

Venous Thrombosis

Peer Reviewed Publications

Ahmad, Yusuf; Funaki, Brian; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Leef, Jeffrey; Ahmed, Osman 2025. Hybrid CT Angiography (Angio-CT) in Trauma and Emergency Care. Seminars in interventional radiology, 42 2, 239-243

Byers, Jacob; Kord, Ali; Turner, Megan; Kundu, Neilendu; Khan, Yasir; Goodman, Michael; Chadalavada, Seetharam 2025. Preoperative Image-guided Botulinum Toxin A Injection in Complex Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair. Interventional radiology (Higashimatsuyama-shi (Japan), 10 , e20230044

Chokshi, Shivum; Gangatirkar, Raghav; Kandi, Anish; DeLeonibus, Maria; Kamel, Mohamed; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Gupta, Rajul; Munigala, Harshitha; Tappa, Karthik; Kondor, Shayne; Burch, Michael B; Ravi, Prashanth 2025. Medical 3D Printing Using Material Jetting: Technology Overview, Medical Applications, and Challenges. Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 12 3,

Li, Amy Y; Ahmad, M Usman; Sofilos, Marc C; Lee, Rachel M; Maithel, Shishir K; Lee, Tiffany C; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Shah, Shimul A; Acher, Alexandra W; Abbott, Daniel E; Wong, Paul; Kessler, Jonathan; Melstrom, Laleh G; Kirks, Russell; Rocha, Flavio G; Delitto, Daniel J; Lee, Byrne; Visser, Brendan C; Poultsides, George A 2025. Postoperative hepatic insufficiency despite preoperative portal vein embolization: Not just about the volumetrics. Surgery, 182 , 109345

Chadalavada, Seetharam C; Roebker, James A; Brown, Ann; Tobler, Juliana J; Wahab, Shaun A; Kapur, Sangita; Wahab, Rifat A; Mahoney, Mary; Vagal, Achala 2024. Humanized Health Care: Human-Centered Design in Screening Mammography. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 21 7, 1145-1148

Lee, Joonhyuk; Rybicki, Frank J; Ravi, Prashanth; Chadalavada, Seetharam C 2024. Planning for complex inferior vena cava filter retrievals: the implementation and effectiveness of 3D printed models. 3D printing in medicine, 10 1, 32

Roth, Matthew F; Chick, Jeffrey Forris Beecham; McLoughlin, Dane; Shin, David S; Chadalavada, Seetharam C; Monroe, Eric J; Hage, Anthony N; Ji, Ido; Lee, Eunjee; Makary, Mina S 2024. Wellness Among Interventional Radiologists: Results From a Multidimensional Survey. Academic radiology, 31 3, 1130-1140

Ryan, Justin R; Ghosh, Reena; Sturgeon, Greg; Ali, Arafat; Arribas, Elsa; Braden, Eric; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Chepelev, Leonid; Decker, Summer; Huang, Yu-Hui; Ionita, Ciprian; Lee, Joonhyuk; Liacouras, Peter; Parthasarathy, Jayanthi; Ravi, Prashanth; Sandelier, Michael; Sommer, Kelsey; Wake, Nicole; Rybicki, Frank; Ballard, David 2024. Clinical situations for which 3D printing is considered an appropriate representation or extension of data contained in a medical imaging examination: pediatric congenital heart disease conditions. 3D printing in medicine, 10 1, 3

Towbin, Alexander J; Ding, Delaney D; Eid, Moneif; Kimball, Heather; Komissarchik, Julia; Memarian, John; Chadalavada, Seetharam C 2024. Special Challenges of Sensitive Images: A HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community Whitepaper. Journal of imaging informatics in medicine, 37 3, 915-921

Yoo, Junhwi; Ahmed, Osman; Chadalavada, Seetharam 2024. Fifteen-Year Trend in Inferior Vena Cava Filter Utilization before and after U.S. Food and Drug Administration Communications: Data from the National Inpatient Sample 2005-2019. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 35 9, 1397-1403.e2

Arribas, Elsa M; Kelil, Tatiana; Santiago, Lumarie; Ali, Arafat; Chadalavada, Seetharam C; Chepelev, Leonid; Ghodadra, Anish; Ionita, Ciprian N; Lee, Joonhyuk; Ravi, Prashanth; Ryan, Justin R; Sheikh, Adnan M; Rybicki, Frank J; Ballard, David H 2023. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 3D Printing Special Interest Group (SIG) clinical situations for which 3D printing is considered an appropriate representation or extension of data contained in a medical imaging examination: breast conditions. 3D printing in medicine, 9 1, 8

Lee, Joonhyuk; Chadalavada, Seetharam C; Ghodadra, Anish; Ali, Arafat; Arribas, Elsa M; Chepelev, Leonid; Ionita, Ciprian N; Ravi, Prashanth; Ryan, Justin R; Santiago, Lumarie; Wake, Nicole; Sheikh, Adnan M; Rybicki, Frank J; Ballard, David H 2023. Clinical situations for which 3D Printing is considered an appropriate representation or extension of data contained in a medical imaging examination: vascular conditions. 3D printing in medicine, 9 1, 34

Papageorge, Christina; Sharma, Sandeep; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Chang, Alex 2023. An unusual case of hematuria following kidney transplantation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 23 4, 585-587.e0

Samuel, Michael; Nahab, Bashar; Chadalavada, Seetharam 2023. Balloon-Assisted Retrieval of a Retained Vascular Sheath during Complex Inferior Vena Cava Filter Removal. Seminars in interventional radiology, 40 3, 298-303

Kord, Ali; Makramalla, Abouelmagd; Zhang, Lulu; Sriwastwa, Aakanksha; Chadalavada, Seetharam 2022. Percutaneous Cholangioscope-Assisted Laser Incision of Severe Benign Hepaticojejunostomy Stenoses. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 33 8, 1001-1004

Kord, Ali; Thanaratnam, Prem; Chadalavada, Seetharam 2022. Spinning Microsnare Technique for Transcatheter Retrieval of an Unraveled Coil after Endovascular Embolization of a Type II Endoleak. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, ,

Ravi, Prashanth; Burch, Michael B; Farahani, Shayan; Chepelev, Leonid L; Yang, David; Ali, Arafat; Joyce, Jennifer R; Lawera, Nathan; Stringer, Jimmy; Morris, Jonathan M; Ballard, David H; Wang, Kenneth C; Mahoney, Mary C; Kondor, Shayne; Rybicki, Frank J 2022. Utility and Costs During the Initial Year of 3-D Printing in an Academic Hospital. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, ,

Trivedi, Surbhi B; Ray, Charles; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Makramalla, Abouelmagd; Kord, Ali 2022. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: An Update and Literature Review of Percutaneous Endovascular Treatments. Seminars in interventional radiology, 39 4, 446-453

Wahab, Shaun A; Wahab, Rifat A; Butcher, Bain; Brown, Ann; Mahoney, Bruce; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Lecky, Shari S; Washburn, Erica; Allen, Becky; Vogel, Craig; Mahoney, Mary; Vagal, Achala 2022. Humanizing Radiology Appointment Education to Improve Patient Experience. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 19 5, 647-651

Mahammedi, A; Ramos, A; Bargalló, N; Gaskill, M; Kapur, S; Saba, L; Carrete, H; Sengupta, S; Salvador, E; Hilario, A; Revilla, Y; Sanchez, M; Perez-Nuñez, M; Bachir, S; Zhang, B; Oleaga, L; Sergio, J; Koren, L; Martin-Medina, P; Wang, L; Benegas, M; Ostos, F; Gonzalez-Ortega, G; Calleja, P; Udstuen, G; Williamson, B; Khandwala, V; Chadalavada, S; Woo, D; Vagal, A 2021. Brain and Lung Imaging Correlation in Patients with COVID-19: Could the Severity of Lung Disease Reflect the Prevalence of Acute Abnormalities on Neuroimaging? A Global Multicenter Observational Study. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 42 6, 1008-1016

England, Eric; Kanfi, Alisa; Flink, Carl; Vagal, Achala; Sarkany, David; Patel, Maitray D; Milburn, James; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Jordan, Sheryl 2020. Radiology Residency Program Management in the COVID Era - Strategy and Reality Academic radiology, 27 8, 1140-1146

Vagal, Achala; Mahoney, Mary; Allen, Becky; Kapur, Sangita; Udstuen, Gavin; Wang, Lily; Braley, Susan; Makramalla, Abouelmagd; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Choe, Kyuran A; Scheler, Jennifer; Brown, Ann; England, Eric; Hudepohl, Joseph; Rybicki, Frank J 2020. Rescheduling Nonurgent Care in Radiology: Implementation During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 17 7, 882-889

Vagal, Achala; Mahoney, Mary; Anderson, Jeffrey L; Allen, Becky; Hudepohl, Joseph; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Choe, Kyuran A; Kapur, Sangita; Gaskill-Shipley, Mary; Makramalla, Abouelmagd; Brown, Ann; Braley, Susan; England, Eric; Scheler, Jennifer; Udstuen, Gavin; Rybicki, Frank J 2020. Recover Wisely From COVID-19: Responsible Resumption of Nonurgent Radiology Services Academic radiology, 27 10, 1343-1352

Melstrom, Laleh G; Eng, Oliver S; Raoof, Mustafa; Singh, Gagandeep; Fong, Yuman; Latorre, Karen; Choi, Gi H; Salem, Riad; Bentrem, David J; Lewandowski, Robert; Makris, Eleftherios; Poultsides, George; Dhar, Vikrom K; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Shah, Shimul A; Johnson, Aileen C; Sekhar, Aarti; Kies, Darren; Maithel, Shishir K; Rocha, Flavio; Alseidi, Adnan; Hagendoorn, Jeroen; Borel Rinkes, Inne H M; Fisher, Alexander V; Ronnekleiv-Kelly, Sean; Weber, Sharon M; Winslow, Emily R; Abbott, Daniel E 2019. Is hepatectomy safe following Yttrium-90 therapy? A multi-institutional international experience HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 21 11, 1520-1526

Cook, Tessa S; Lalevic, Darco; Sloan, Caroline; Chadalavada, Seetharam C; Langlotz, Curtis P; Schnall, Mitchell D; Zafar, Hanna M 2017. Implementation of an Automated Radiology Recommendation-Tracking Engine for Abdominal Imaging Findings of Possible Cancer Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 14 5, 629-636

Kim Y, Stahl CC, Makramalla A, Olowokure OO, Ristagno RL, Dhar VK, Schoech MR, Chadalavada S, Latif T, Kharofa J, Bari K, Shah SA. 2017. Downstaging therapy followed by liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma beyond Milan criteria Surgery, 162 6, 1250

Kim, Young; Stahl, Christopher C; Makramalla, Abouelmagd; Olowokure, Olugbenga O; Ristagno, Ross L; Dhar, Vikrom K; Schoech, Michael R; Chadalavada, Seetharam; Latif, Tahir; Kharofa, Jordan; Bari, Khurram; Shah, Shimul A 2017. Downstaging therapy followed by liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma beyond Milan criteria. Surgery, 162 6, 1250-1258

Sloan, Caroline E; Chadalavada, Seetharam C; Lalevic, Darco; Cook, Tessa S; Zafar, Hanna M 2017. Referring Provider Perceptions of Standardized Reporting for Possible Abdominal Cancer Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 14 5, 654-658.e3

Zafar HM, Chadalavada SC, Kahn CE Jr, Cook TS, Sloan CE, Lalevic D, Langlotz CP, Schnall MD. 2015. Code Abdomen: An Assessment Coding Scheme for Abdominal Imaging Findings Possibly Representing Cancer. J Am Coll Radiol, 12 9, 947