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 (Exercise Science/Integrative Physiology), University of Iowa, 2006
PhD (Computational Neuroscience), University of Chicago, 2012
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 the University of Iowa Scientific Poster Competition, Iowa City, IA, 2005
Winner of the 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 the 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 the 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
Winner of the Pathology Departmental Award for Outstanding Performance in Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014
Winner of a 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
Walter E. Berdon Award for the Best Clinical Research Paper in Pediatric Radiology for the year 2022, Society for Pediatric Radiology, 2023
Cum Laude Scientific Poster Award, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, 2023
Pediatrics Outstanding Project Award, American Society of Neuroradiology, 2025
Memberships and Professional Organizations
Society for Neuroscience, 2008 - 2012
American Physician Scientists Association, 2008 - 2014
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
Two cases of Glioneuronal Tumor Kinase-Fused (GNT_KinF_A) from a Single-Center Experience
Pai EL, Viaene AN, Li MM, Nasrallah MP, Santi M, American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2025
Acquired neuropathology and its associations with key patterns of placental pathology.
Viaene AN, Steele J, Linn RL., Acta Neuropathol Commun. 13(1): 138, 2025, PMID:40581648
Pediatric Neurooncology Postmortem Research and the Children’s Brain Tumor Network: Impact and Neuropathology Perspectives
Blessing M, Frankel B, Lilly J, Gustafson , Mason J, Patton T, Eschbacher K, Stamy C, Frazer M, Hefti M, Resnic A, Santi M, Koptyra M, Viaene A, American Association of Neuropathologists, Minneapolis, MN, 2025
Stillbirth: Associations Between Major Patterns of Placental Pathology and Acquired Neuropathology
Viaene AN, Steele J, Linn R, American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2025
Brain-wide neuronal circuit connectome of human glioblastoma.
Sun Y, Wang X, Zhang DY, Zhang Z, Bhattarai JP, Wang Y, Park KH, Dong W, Hung YF, Yang Q, Zhang F, Rajamani K, Mu S, Kennedy BC, Hong Y, Galanaugh J, Sambangi A, Kim SH, Wheeler G, Gonçalves T, Wang Q, Geschwind D, Kawaguchi R, Viaene AN, Helbig I, Kessler SK, Hoke A, Wang H, Xu F, Binder ZA, Chen HI, Pai EL, Stone S, Nasrallah MP, Christian KM, Fuccillo M, Toni N, Wu Z, Cheng HJ, O'Rourke DM, Ma M, Ming GL, Song H., Nature 641(8061): 222-231, 2025, PMID:39821165
Interpreting the clinical significance of multiple large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletions (MLSMD) in skeletal muscle tissue in the diagnostic evaluation of primary mitochondrial disease.
Wang J, Peterson JT, Santos JDD, Chan AJS, Diaz-Miranda MA, Rahaman I, Flickinger J, Goldstein A, Bogush E, McCormick EM, Muraresku CC, Dulik MC, Wallace DC, Xiao R, Falk MJ, Viaene AN, Zolkipli-Cunningham Z., Frontiers in Pharmacology 16(1507493): , 2025, PMID:40271067
Functional Characterization of Parallel Fiber-Purkinje Cell Synapses in Two Friedreich's Ataxia Mouse Models
Joseph DJ, Mercado-Ayon E, Flatley L, Viaene AN, Hordeaux J, Marsh ED, Lynch DR, Cerebellum 24(2): 42, 2025, PMID:39907933
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 SR, Land SD, Gallagher T, Reynolds TA, Zarnow DM, Viaene A, Moldenhauer JS, Adzick NS, Flanders TM, Heuer GG., Child's Nervous System 41(1): 78, 2025, PMID:39751908
Plasma and Imaging Biomarker Changes Following Rotational and Contusional Models of Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescent Pigs.
Shin SS, Browne KD, Viaene AN, Keim G, Han DJ, Degani R, Mazandi V, Morton S, Starr J, Weeks K, Widmann N, Hobson L, Gaudio H, Ko TS, Menezes-Forti R, Jang DH, Cullen DK, Kilbaugh TJ, Kao S., Journal of Neurotrauma, 2025
