Francis M. Prendergast, MD

“Dedicated to advancing the specialty of Pediatric Radiology to improve the lives and health of children.”

Biography

Attending Physician, Medical Imaging (Radiology), Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Francis Prendergast, MD, specializes in Pediatric Radiology with a particular interest in the research of contrast enhanced ultrasound studies for various diseases in the pediatric population.

Education and Background

Fellowship in Pediatric Medical Imaging, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 1999-2000
Residency in Diagnostic Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital 1995-1999
Residency, Tripler Army Medical Center 1991-1992
MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine 1991

Research Highlights

PREVALENCE OF INTRARENAL REFLUX IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ON CONTRAST ENHANCED VOIDING UROSONOGRAPHY

Publications

Oct. 12, 2023

Evaluating Skeletal Maturity at Time of Surgical Correction of Pectus Excavatum Based on Medial Clavicle Epiphyseal Ossification.

Nov. 29, 2022

Prevalence of intrarenal reflux in pediatric patients on contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography.

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