Caitlin Alexander, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th & Civic Center Boulevard
Division of Anatomic Pathology
5th Floor Main Building - Room 5NW28
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Education
B.A. (Theatre), University of Missouri, 2009
B.S. (Biology), University of Missouri, 2009
M.P.H. (Health Promotion and Policy), University of Missouri, 2011
M.D. (Medicine), Columbia University, 2016
Specialty Certification
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2020
American Board of Pathology, Pediatric Pathology, 2021
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2016-2020
Fellowship, Pediatric Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2020-2021
Awards and Honors
Karl Perzin Excellence in Pathology Award, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2013
Society of 67 Open Access Award, Association of Pathology Chairs, 2019
Resident Education Certificate, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2020
Memberships and Professional Organizations
College of American Pathologists, 2016 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2017 - Present
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2020 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
An unusual, biphasic malignant neoplasm with EML4::ALK rearrangement and dual mesenchymal and neuroblastic/ganglionic differentiation
Kurpiel B, Alexander CJ, Schubert J, Zhong Y, Zhang PJ, MacFarland SP, Surrey LF, Society for Pediatric Pathology Fall Meeting, 2025
Osteoblastoma involving the sphenoid bone diagnosed with percutaneous biopsy.
Kim V, Cajigas-Loyola S, Alizai H, Alexander C, Pukenas B, Acord M., Skeletal Radiol 54(10): 2215-2218, 2025, PMID:40411580
Telangiectatic osteosarcoma
Alexander C, Society for Pediatric Pathology Slide Survey Online 25-06(): , 2025
Granulomatous hyperinflammatory state induced by dupilumab treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis.
Kennedy KV, Costello A, Lerman MA, Burnham JM, Corcoran A, Piccione J, Grier A, Sullivan K, Whitehorn-Brown T, Alexander CJ, Finn LS, Wilkins BJ, Muir AB., J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob 3(4): , 2024, PMID:39253107
Liver biopsy leads to serendipitous diagnosis of glycogen storage disease type IX in a patient with fontan-associated liver disease
Hyer E, Alexander C, Rand EB, Diamond T, JPGN Reports 4(4): e377, 2023
Expanding the reproductive organ phenotype of CHD7-spectrum disorder
Nomakuchi TT, Danowitz M, Stewart B, Leonard J, Izumi K, Krantz I, Kolon TF, Langdon D, Skraban C, Van Batavia J, Zackai E, Jiao K, Linn R, Alexander C, Zaontz M, Vogiatzi MG, Pyle LC, Am J Med Genet 191(5): 1418-1424, 2023, PMID:36794641
Novel method to biopsy aneurysmal bone cysts in children
Gaballah M, Worede F, Alexander C, Arkader A, Cahill AM, Acord MR, Skeletal Radiol, 2023, PMID:37191930
Abetalipoproteinemia
Alexander C, Society for Pediatric Pathology Slide Survey Online 23-03(): , 2023
Diffuse glioneuronal tumor with oligodendroglioma-like features and nuclear clusters (DGONC) - A novel pediatric brain tumor entity
Pai ELL, Kennedy B, Bhatti T, Alexander C, Santi M, Viane AN, Society for Pediatric Pathology Fall Meeting, 2022
Bizarre chorionic-type trophoblast in second-trimester and third-trimester placentas: clinicopathologic characterization of a placental pseudoneoplastic lesion
Murdock TA, Varghese A, Xing D, Schoolmeester JK, Alexander C, Baergen RN, Dahoud W, Hopkins MR, Askin F, Vang R, Am J Surg Pathol 46(2): 258-267, 2022, PMID:34799484
