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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, 2010
D.O. (Medicine), Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2016
MS Ed (Medical Education), University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Science in 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

Anatomical and Clinical Pathology, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2016-2017
Anatomical and Clinical Pathology, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2017-2020
Hematopathology, University of Chicago
Department of Pathology, 2020-2021
Pediatric Pathology, Children's Hospital of 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, February 15-16, 2024, 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

An Unusual Case of Neuroblastoma Arising in a Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Ovary.

Carlos Casiano, Meifang Wu, Christopher LePhong, Moe Takeda, Ramzi Bawab, Sabrina Ly, Shengmei Zhou, Mikako Warren, Larry Wang, Ryan Schmidt and Nick Shillingford., College of American Pathologists, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana., 2022

Two Distinct Somatic Malignancies Arising In Neglected Long-Standing Mature Teratoma.

J. Jean, C. LePhong, M. Takeda, R. Bawab, S. Sy, S. Zhou, M. Warren, L. Wang, R. Schmidt, N. Shillingford, 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

Jeffery Jean, Moe Takeda, Christopher LePhong, Shengmei Zhou, Mikako Warren, Larry Wang and Nick Shillingford, 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 (SPP) - 2022 Virtual Spring meeting Los Angeles, CA, 2022

Inflammatory Orbital Pseudotumors in Children: A Series of Three Cases

Christopher LePhong, Moe Takeda, Mikako Warren, Shengmei Zhou, Nick Shillingford, Bruce Pawel, Larry Wang, Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP) -2022 Virtual Spring Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2022

Investigating "Leukocytosis" and "Schistocytes" and Uncovering Hematologic Artifacts

Takeda MR, Vergara-Lluri ME, J Appl Lab Med 6(6): 1667-82, 2021, PMID:34411250

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Trisomy CLL with Richter Transformation with t(2;12)(p12;p13.3)IGK/CCND2 translocation

Takeda MR, Venkataraman, G, Society for Hematopathology European Association for Haematopathology (SH-EAHP) 2021 Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 2021

Novel TSPAN4-CD151 gene fusion in Wilms tumor with diffuse anaplasia

Takeda MR, Moke D, Raca G, Schmidt R, Shah R, Warren M, Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP) 2021 Virtual Fall meeting. Portland, OR., 2021

bcr3 PML-RARA: short fusion, small blasts!

Takeda MR, Gurbuxani S, Blood 137(19): 2708, 2021