Angela Viaene, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Contact InformationThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Pathology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Office: 215-590-1728
Specialty Division
Neuropathology
Education
BS (Integrative Physiology), University of Iowa, 2006
PhD (Computational Neuroscience), University of Chicago, 2012
MD (MD), University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2014
Specialty Certification
The American Board of Pathology: Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology, 2018
Postgraduate Training
Anatomic Pathology Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2016
Neuropathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2018
Awards and Honors
U.S.-Brazil Bio Tech Training Consortium (USABRIO) Education Award, 2005
Winner of University of Iowa Scientific Poster Competition, Iowa City, IA, 2005
Winner of Student Employee of the Year Award, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006
Graduated with Highest Distinction and Honors, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006
Nominee for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008
Winner of Neuroscience Day poster competition, Brain Research Foundation, 2010
Winner of the Biological Sciences Division Travel Fund, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2011
Winner of Best Dissertation Award in the Committee on Computational Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2012
Winner of the Naomi Ragins-Goldsmith Career Development Award, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2013
Pathology Departmental Award for outstanding performance in Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014
Trainee Travel Award, American Association of Neuropathologists, 2018
Educational Exhibit Awards Certificates of Merit, American Society of Neuroradiology for abstract entitled "What is Under the Tent? Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children, Beyond the ‘Usual Suspects’", 2021
Cum Laude Scientific Poster Award, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, 2023
Walter E. Berdon Award for the Best Clinical Research Paper in Pediatric Radiology for the year 2022, Society for Pediatric Radiology, 2023
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Physician Scientists Association, 2008 - 2014
Society for Neuroscience, 2008 - 2012
College of American Pathologists, 2015 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2016 - 2018
Pennsylvania Medical Society, 2017 - 2020
American Association of Neuropathologists, 2018 - Present
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2024 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Application of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Histogram Metrics for Differentiating Pediatric Thalamic Tumors: A Tool for Distinguishing Diffuse Midline Glioma and Pilocytic Astrocytoma.
Sheth, N. Goncalves, F.G. Manteghinejad, A. Cerron-Vela, C.R. Wannasarnmetha, M. Khrichenko, D. Viaene, A.N Bhatia, A., American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Austin, TX., 2025
Detailed analysis of cystic lesions in patients after open fetal repair and postnatal myelomeningocele closure
Salwi, S.R. Kundishora, A.J. Land, S.D. Gallagher, T. Reynolds, T.A. Zarnow, D.M. Viaene, A.N. Moldenhauer, J.S. Flake, A.W. Adzick, N.S. Flanders, T.M. Heuer, G.G., AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery Meeting, New York, N.Y., 2024
The Clinical Impact of Multiomics Profiling in Pediatric Low-grade and High-grade Gliomas: a study of 351 gliomas from a single institution
Wong, D. Lin, F. Cole, K.A. Wu, J. Schubert, J. Chen, J. Kline, C. Cao, K. Fu, W. Denenberg, E.H. Fanning, E. Gallo, D. Zelley, K. Wertheim, G. Luo, M. Surrey, L. Zhong, Y. Viaene, A.N. Brodeur, G. McFarland, S. Santi, M. Resnick, A. Storm, P.B. Fisher, M. Li, M.M., Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2024
Functional Characterization of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells in Friedreich’s Ataxia Mouse Models
Joseph, D. Mercado-Ayon, E. Flatley, L. Viaene, A. Hordeaux, J. Marsh, E. Lynch, D., International Congress for Ataxia Research, London, UK, 2024
Automated quantification of Ki-67 proliferation index based on whole slide images in pediatric brain tumors
Familiar, A.M. Kazerooni, A.F. Kim, M.C. Kraya, A. Storm, P.J. Oldridge, D. Viaene, A.N. Resnick, A.C. Nabavizadeh, A., Society for Neuro-Oncology, Houston, TX, 2024
Low grade glioma 3D-Patient-derived organoid platform as transformative tool for tumor biology and translational research
Beale, D.R. Martinez Alonso, A. Baubet, V. Santi, M. Viaene, A.N. Madsen, P. Koptyra, M. Storm, P.B. Resnick, A.C., Children's Brain Tumor Network Summit, Arlington, VA., 2024
Gift From A Child postmortem specimen dataset extension of the pediatric brain tumor atlas empowers pediatric brain tumor research
Diarra, N. Frankel, B.A. Kraya, A. Rathi, K. Anthony, C. Sullivan, C. Coleman, N. Seip, L. Rokita, J.L. Lilly, J. Santi, M. Viaene, A.N. Koptyra, M. Storm, P.B. Resnick, A.C., Children's Brain Tumor Network Summit, Arlington, VA., 2024
Associations Between Major Patterns of Placental Injury and In-Utero Acquired Neuropathology
Viaene, A.N. and Linn, R.L., Paediatric Pathology Society / Society for Pediatric Pathology Joint Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 2024
Cytological features of central nervous system germ cell tumours and tumours of the sellar region
Viaene, A.N., Cytopathology 35(5): 601-607, 2024, PMID:37675774
CSF cytology of common primary CNS neoplasms categorized by CNS WHO 2021
Salimian M*, Viaene AN*, Chang J, Ho C., Cytopathology 35(5): 608-615, 2024, PMID:38078513
