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PARI V. PANDHARIPANDE SINDHU SRINIVAS

Scientist appointed as Chair of UoP Hospital appoints

Radiology by Penn Medicine Executive Director

ari V. Pandharipande, MD, MPH, FACR, a nationally renowned physi-
cian-scientist at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine he University of Pennsylvania has appointed Sindhu Srinivas, MD,
Pand Wexner Medical Center, has been named Chair of the department MSCE, LDI Senior Fellow and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
of Radiology at Penn Medicine, effective June 1, 2025. Tat the Perelman School of Medicine, as Executive Director of the Hos-
Pandharipande has served as Chair of Radiology at The OSU College of pital of the University of Pennsylvania’s (HUP)-Cedar Avenue public health
Medicine and Chief of Radiology Services at Wexner Medical Center since campus.
2021. Under her leadership at OSU, the department has substantially grown The Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety at HUP, Sri-
its imaging infrastructure, volumes, and service line, and has significantly ex- nivas is the former Vice Chair for Quality and Safety in the HUP Obstetrics
panded its training program. and Gynecology Department. In her new position, she oversees all HUP-
based services at the remote HUP-Cedar Avenue campus.
She previously spent 17 years at Massachusetts General Hospi- A health services researcher, Srinivas’ research work has focused on
health equity, care delivery models, and maternal health. She previously
tal (MGH) as a physician and researcher, studying topics ranging served on both the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Maternal Mortality Review
from imaging value to cancer screening, surveillance, and treat- committees. Nationally, she is President-elect of the Society for Maternal-Fe-
tal Medicine (SMFM). She earned her MD from the University of Medicine
ment selection. Pandharipande also served as Associate Chair of and Dentistry of New Jersey and she completed her residency and fellowship
Integrated Imaging and Imaging Sciences and as Executive Direc- at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

tor of Clinical Enterprise Integration for Mass General Brigham “HUP Cedar Avenue and the Cedar Public health campus overall
Radiology, leading a transformative project for integration of im- serves an incredibly important role in improving the overall health
aging services across MGH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and and wellness of the community,” said Srinivas. “I am honored
their community affiliates. to serve as the Executive Director and to advance the mission

“Dr. Pandharipande brings a wealth of experience in key leadership roles of this critical campus in partnership with Philadelphia Public
that uniquely position her to lead our ‘One Penn Medicine Radiology’ efforts Health Management Corporation, Children’s Hospital of Philadel-
at this critical time for health care,” said Kevin B. Mahoney, CEO of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania Health System. phia, and the community.”
Pandharipande brings strong national leadership experience, current-
ly serving on the Board of Directors for the Radiological Society of North HUP-Cedar Avenue was established in 2021 when the former Trinity
America, where she oversees the Government Relations portfolio, and on the Health Mid-Atlantic’s Mercy Catholic Medical Center was taken over by the
Advisory Board of the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Philadelphia Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) and Penn
Health Policy Institute. She also has served as Chair of the American Cancer Medicine—with PHMC owning the property and Penn Medicine managing
Society’s Healthcare Outcomes, Policy, and Systems grant review committee hospital operations. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the In-
and currently serves as a member of the NIH’s Organization and Delivery of dependence Blue Cross Foundation have also joined with Penn Medicine as
Health Services study section. coalition partners in the transformation of HUP-Cedar Avenue to serve West
Pandharipande earned both her undergraduate and medical degrees Philadelphia’s underserved communities.
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