Email

jhkan@texaschildrens.org

Positions

Professor

Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Section Chief, Musculoskeletal Radiology

Radiology
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Edward B. Singleton Department of Radiology (Office)

Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-7237
jhkan@texaschildrens.org

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital

06/2005 - Boston, MA United States

Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology

Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital

06/2004 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Pediatric Radiology

Residency at University Of Chicago Hospitals

06/2003 - Chicago, Illinois United States

Diagnostic Radiology

Internship at University of Chicago Hospitals

06/1999 - Chicago, Illinois United States

MD from Albany College Of Medicine

06/1998 - Albany, NY United States

BS from University Of California, Los Angeles

08/1994 - Los Angeles, California United States

Professional Statement

Dr. Kan is the head of musculoskeletal imaging at Texas Children's Hospital and professor of radiology at Baylor College of Medicine. His clinical experience is based in pediatric radiology. Dr. Kan is board certified in diagnostic radiology with additional subspecialty certification (CAQ) in pediatric radiology. Dr. Kan completed both a general pediatric radiology fellowship and a second year pediatric radiology fellowship with focus on musculoskeletal imaging. He performs all aspects of pediatric radiology in addition to multimodality imaging and interventional musculoskeletal imaging including image guided steroid injections, aspirations, and US guided ganglion cyst fenestrations. He has authored or co-authored 76 peer reviewed manuscripts, over 17 textbook chapters, and co-authored the textbook Pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal MRI: A case based approach.

Websites

Selected Publications

• "Bone age determination using only the index finger: a novel approach using a convolutional neural network compared with human radiologists.." ; Pubmed PMID: 31863193
• "Pediatric Bassett's ligament: pathology or normal anatomy?." ; Pubmed PMID: 33595702
• "Percutaneous ultrasound-guided ganglion fenestration in children: initial results.." ; Pubmed PMID: 33156396
• "Should isolated superolateral Hoffa's fat pad edema identified by MRI be reported or ignored in adolescent patients?." ; Pubmed PMID: 37379712