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Rebecca Lee Linn, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Contact InformationDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1728
Fax: 215-590-1736

Email: linnr@chop.edu

Itmat Expertise

Placental Pathology
Perinatal Pathology

Clinical Expertise

Placental pathology
Perinatal pathology

Research Expertise

Placental pathology
Perinatal pathology

Education

BS (Biological Chemistry, Cum Laude), Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007
MD St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2012

Specialty Certification

American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), 2016
American Board of Pathology (Pediatric Pathology), 2017

Postgraduate Training

Resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2012-2016
Fellow in Pediatric Pathology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2016-2017

Awards and Honors

The Chairman Award for Distinguished Service, University of Pennsylvania Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2025

Memberships and Professional Organizations

College of American Pathologists, 2012 - Present
American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 2012 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2012 - Present
Society of Pediatric Pathology, 2015 - 2023
Society of Pediatric Pathology, 2025 - Present

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Selected Publications

Acquired neuropathology and its associations with key patterns of placental pathology.

Viaene AN, Steele J, Linn RL, Acta Neropatholo Commun 13(1): 138, 2025

Extracellular Vesicles Alter Trophoblast Function in Pregnancies Complicated by COVID-19

Golden TN, Mani S, Linn RL, Leite R, Trigg NA, Wilson A, Anton L, Mainigi M, Conine CC, Kaufman BA, Strauss JF, Parry S, Simmons RA, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 14(4): e70051, 2025, PMID:40205960

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, the Human Placenta, and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes

Linn RL, Forkpa M, Leite R, Guerrero JC, Reyes MC, Schwartz LE, Simmons RA, Parry S, Golden TN., American Journal of Pathology, 2025, PMID:40316213

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Whole Exome Sequencing in a Population of Fetuses With Structural Anomalies

Burrill N, Schindewolf E, Pilchman L, Wright R, Crane H, Gebb J, Khalek N, Soni S, Paidas Teefey C, Oliver ER, Linn R, Moldenhauer JS., Prenat Diagn 45(3): 310-317, 2025, PMID:39743338

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The human and non-human primate developmental GTEx projects.

Coorens THH, Guillaumet-Adkins A, Kovner R, Linn RL, Roberts VHJ, Sule A, Van Hoose PM; dGTEx Consortium., Nature 637(8046): 557-564, 2025, PMID:39815096

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Congenital Heart Disease Fetuses Have Decreased Mid-Gestational Placental Flow, Placental Malperfusion Defects, and Impaired Growth.

Josowitz R, Ho DY, Shankar S, Mondal A, Zavez A, Linn RL, Tian Z, Gaynor JW, Rychik J., JACC Adv 4(2): 101559, 2025, PMID:39898349

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Defining the cellular origin of seminoma by transcriptional and epigenetic mapping to the normal human germline

Cheng K, Seita Y, Whelan EC, Yokomizo R, Hwang YS, Rotolo A, Krantz ID, Ginsberg JP, Kolon TF, Lal P, Luo X, Pierorazio PM, Linn RL, Ryeom S, Sasaki K., Cell Reports 43(6): 114323, 2024

Case report of fetus with Lowe syndrome: Expanding the prenatal phenotype

Burrill N, Khalek N, Oliver ER, Linn R, Victoria T, Yates C, Moldenhauer JS., Prenat Diagn 44(5): 665-668, 2024, PMID:38554254

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Progesterone for Neurodevelopment in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Defects: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Gaynor JW, Moldenhauer JS, Zullo EE, Burnham NB, Gerdes M, Bernbaum JC, D'Agostino JA, Linn RL, Klepczynski B, Randazzo I, Gionet G, Choi GH, Karaj A, Russell WW, Zackai EH, Johnson MP, Gebb JS, Soni S, DeBari SE, Szwast AL, Ahrens-Nicklas RC, Drivas TG, Jacobwitz M, Licht DJ, Vossough A, Nicolson SC, Spray TL, Rychik J, Putt ME., JAMA Network Open 7(5): e2412291, 2024, PMID:38805228

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Extracellular vesicles alter trophoblast function in pregnancies complicated by COVID-19

Golden TN, Mani S, Linn RL, Leite R, Trigg NA, Wilson A, Anton L, Mainigi M, Conine CC, Kaufman BA, Strauss JF, Parry S, Simmons RA., bioRxiv, 2024, PMID:38464046

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