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Moe Raina Takeda, D.O.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Office: 267-426-0250

Specialty Division

Anatomic Pathology

Education

B.A. (Molecular Cell Developmental Biology), University of Colorado Boulder, 2010
D.O. (Medicine), Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2016
M.S.Ed. (Masters of Science in Medical Education), University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, 2026

Specialty Certification

American Board of Pathology, Hematopathology, 2021
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic & Clinical Pathology (AP/CP), 2021
American Board of Pathology, Pediatric Pathology, 2022

Postgraduate Training

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2016-2020
Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Chicago
Department of Pathology, 2020-2021
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 2021-2022

Awards and Honors

DeBusk Research Fellowship Award, Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2013
Pathologist-in-Training Award 2020 Finalist, Society of Hematopathology, 2020
Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation Best Cool Ideas, The 21st Annual Innovations in Medical Education Online Conference, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Department of Medical Education, 2024

Memberships and Professional Organizations

American Society of Hematology (ASH), 1999 - Present
College of American Pathology (CAP), 2017 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), 2019 - 2020
Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP), 2021 - Present
African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3), 2023 - Present
Histiocyte Society, 2024 - Present

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Selected Publications

Current state of pediatric pathology education in pathology residency

Brunetti A, Takeda M, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2026

Peripheral T-Cell lymphoma in children and adolescents: A single institution case series

Devine KJ, Lenzi L, Takeda M, Reilly AF, Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2026, PMID:42160387

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Current state of pediatric pathology education in pathology residency

Brunetti A, Shillingford N, Takeda MR, CAP26 Abstract Program, 2026

Aortic rupture in a pediatric patient with influenza

Grasty NA, L'Etoile N, Nitsche LJ, Takeda M, Fisher BT, Drant S, Mavroudis CD, World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 16(1): 130-132, 2025, PMID:39501655

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Bartonella quintana infection in kidney transplant recipients from donor experiencing homelessness, United States, 2022

Beeson AM, Rich SN, Russo ME, Bhatnagar J, Kumar RN, Ritter JM, Annambhotla P, Takeda MR, Kuhn KF, Pillai P, DeLeon-Carnes M, Scobell R, Ekambaram M, Finkel R, Reagan-Steiner S, Martines RB, Satoskar RS, Vranic GM, Mohammed R, Rivera GE, Cooper K, Abdelal H, Couturier MR, Bradley BT, Hinckley AF, Koehler JE, Mead PS, Kuehnert MJ, Ackelsberg J, Basavaraju SV, Marx GE, Emerging Infectious Diseases 30(12): , 2022, PMID:39592261

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An unusual case of neuroblastoma arising in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary.

Casiano C, Wu M, LePhong C, Takeda M, Bawab R, Sy S, Zhou S, Warren M, Wang L, Schmidt R, Shillingford N., College of American Pathologists, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana., 2022

Two distinct somatic malignancies arising in neglected long-standing mature teratoma

Jean J, LePhong C, Takeda M, Bawab R, Sy S, Zhou S, Warren M, Wang L, Schmidt R, Shillingford N, The 34th International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology (IAP 2022 World Congress), Sydney, Australia, 2022

Collagenous gastritis in the pediatric population: A single institution experience

Jean J, Takeda M, LePhong C, Zhou S, Warren M, Wang L, Shillingford N, College of American Pathologists, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2022

A novel autopsy dissection approach to examine an in-utero myelomeningocele repair complicated by late GBS meningitis

Edminster S, Takeda M, Lephong C, Cheenibass K, Van Speybroeck AL, Chu J, Chmait R, Szymanski LJ, American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) - 2022 Hybrid 98th Annual Meeting, Bonita Springs, FL, 2022

Congenital hepatoblastoma in a patient with Costello syndrome: coincidence or association?

Takeda MR, Warren M, Navid F, Ji J, Schmidt R, Biegel J, Zhou S, Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2022 Virtual Spring meeting Los Angeles, CA, 2022