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Rahul Nikam, MD

Medical Imaging

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Radiology - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at TJU / AIDHC, 2018
  • Neuroradiology - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson, 2017

Internship

  • Rotating Intern - Seth G.S. Medical College, 2006

Residency

  • Radiology - Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, 2013
  • Radiology - Seth G.S. Medical College, 2010

Medical/Dental School

  • MBBS - Seth G. S. Medical College, 2006

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology

Insurance Accepted

  • Accountable Health Plans PPO
  • Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
  • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna PPO/EPO/POS
  • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
  • Alabama Medicaid/Patient First
  • AmeriGroup GA MCAID HMO JAX/GA
  • AmeriGroup GA PeachCare For Kids Jax/GA
  • Amerihealth Caritas DE - PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALISTS ONLY
  • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
  • AmeriHealth Caritas Florida (FKA Prestige Health Choice)
  • AvMed
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
  • Cigna & Great West HMO/POS Open Access
  • Cigna & Great West HMO/POS/EPO
  • Cigna & Great West PPO
  • Cigna & Great West PPO/EPO
  • Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
  • Cigna/Great West PPO
  • Community Care Plan Medicaid
  • Delaware First Health
  • Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
  • Delaware Medicare
  • Devon Health Services
  • Employers Health Network PPO
  • Evolutions Healthcare
  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
  • First Health PPO
  • First Health/Affordable PPO
  • Florida Medicaid
  • Florida Medicare
  • Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
  • Georgia Medicaid/Georgia Better Health/Peachcare
  • Global Medical Managment DE/PA
  • Global Medical Mangment NJ
  • Health First Health Plans
  • Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
  • Highmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware HMO PPO POS EPO
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delware HMO PPO POS EPO
  • Highmark Medicaid Health Options
  • Highmark PA CHIP & Commercial
  • Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield NJ HMO
  • Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield NJ PPO
  • Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ HMO
  • Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ PPO
  • HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
  • Humana HMO/POS
  • Humana PPO/EPO
  • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan HMO/PPO
  • Independence Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone HMO PPO
  • Insurance Administrators of America
  • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
  • Keystone First Medicaid HMO
  • Lifetrac Transplant
  • Maryland Medicaid
  • Molina Healthcare Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • National Transplant (Humana)
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO DE/PA
  • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid
  • Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
  • Preferred Healthcare PPO
  • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
  • Seminole Tribe of Florida
  • Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
  • Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
  • Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
  • United Healthcare Commercial Products
  • United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid HMO
  • United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
  • UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
  • UPMC Medicaid
  • US Family Health Plan
  • Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
  • Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid

  • Kerner, D. M., Nikam, R., Kandula, V. V. R., & Averill, L. W. (2022). Pearls and Pitfalls in Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion-Weighted Imaging in Clinical Pediatric Imaging. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI, 43(1), 19-30. doi:10.1053/j.sult.2021.05.003

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  • Kerner, D. M., Nikam, R., Kandula, V. V. R., & Averill, L. W. (2022). Pearls and Pitfalls in Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion-Weighted Imaging in Clinical Pediatric Imaging. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI, 43(1), 19-30. doi:10.1053/j.sult.2021.05.003

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  • Kumbhar, S. S., Baheti, A. D., Itani, M., & Nikam, R. (2021). Ambiguous Findings on Radiographs. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, 50(1), 4-10. doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2019.10.003

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  • Kerner, D. M., Nikam, R., Kandula, V. V. R., & Averill, L. W. (2022). Pearls and Pitfalls in Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion-Weighted Imaging in Clinical Pediatric Imaging. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI, 43(1), 19-30. doi:10.1053/j.sult.2021.05.003

  • Nikam, R. M., Kandula, V. V., Yue, X., Krishnan, V., Kumbhar, S. S., Averill, L. W., & Choudhary, A. K. (2021). Birth-related subdural hemorrhage: prevalence and imaging morphology. Pediatric Radiology, 51(6), 939-946. doi:10.1007/s00247-021-05060-5

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  • Sorensen, J. I., Nikam, R. M., & Choudhary, A. K. (2021). Artificial intelligence in child abuse imaging. Pediatric Radiology, 51(6), 1061-1064. doi:10.1007/s00247-021-05073-0

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  • Kerner, D. M., Nikam, R., Kandula, V. V. R., & Averill, L. W. (2022). Pearls and Pitfalls in Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion-Weighted Imaging in Clinical Pediatric Imaging. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI, 43(1), 19-30. doi:10.1053/j.sult.2021.05.003

  • Yue, X., Nikam, R. M., Kecskemethy, H. H., Kandula, V. V. R., Falchek, S. J., Averill, L. W., & Langhans, S. A. (2021). Radiosynthesis of 1-(2-[18f]fluoroethyl)-l-tryptophan using a one-pot, two-step protocol. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2021(175). doi:10.3791/63025

  • Nikam, R. M., Yue, X., Kandula, V. V., Paudyal, B., Langhans, S. A., Averill, L. W., & Choudhary, A. K. (2021). Unravelling neuroinflammation in abusive head trauma with radiotracer imaging. Pediatric Radiology, 51(6), 966-970. doi:10.1007/s00247-021-04995-z

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  • Yue, X., Xin, Y., Zhang, S., Nikam, R., Kandula, V., Choudhary, A. K., & Chugani, D. C. (2020). Automated production of 1-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tryptophan for imaging of tryptophan metabolism. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 156. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.109022

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  • Kumbhar, S. S., Plunk, M. R., Nikam, R., Boyd, K. P., & Thakrar, P. D. (2020). Complications of percutaneous gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy tubes in children. Pediatric Radiology, 50(3), 404-414. doi:10.1007/s00247-019-04576-1

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  • Nikam, R., Kandula, A. R., & Schenker, K. (2020). Teaching NeuroImages: Imaging phenotype of myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers. Neurology, 94(20), e2187-e2188. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000009438

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  • Nikam, R., Rapp, J., Kandula, A., Puram, S., & Saul, D. (2020). Congenital absence of pericardium. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 13(4), 373-374. doi:10.4103/apc.APC_137_20

  • Li, H., Nikam, R., Kandula, V., Chow, H. M., & Choudhary, A. K. (2019). Comparison of NODDI and spherical mean signal for measuring intra-neurite volume fraction. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 57, 151-155. doi:10.1016/j.mri.2018.11.021

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  • Song, J., Chow, H. M., Nikam, R., Kandula, V., Choudhary, A. K., & Li, H. (2019). Reproducibility of axonal water fraction derived from the spherical mean diffusion weighted signal. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 63, 49-54. doi:10.1016/j.mri.2019.08.024

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  • Nikam, R. M., Gripp, K. W., Choudhary, A. K., & Kandula, V. (2018). Imaging phenotype of multiple mitochondrial dysfunction syndrome 2, a rare BOLA3-associated leukodystrophy. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 176(12), 2787-2790. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.40490

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