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
Ph.D. (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, 2005
Winner of Student Employee of the Year Award, University of Iowa, 2006
Graduated with Highest Distinction and Honors, University of Iowa, 2006
Nominee for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Chicago, 2008
Winner of the Brain Research Foundation’s Neuroscience Day poster competition, 2010
Winner of the Biological Sciences Division Travel Fund, University of Chicago, 2011
Winner of Best Dissertation Award in the Committee on Computational Neuroscience, University of Chicago, 2012
Winner of the Naomi Ragins-Goldsmith Career Development Award, University of Chicago, 2013
Selected to teach Clinical Pathophysiology and Therapeutics (awarded only to top 25 graduating medical students), University of Chicago, 2013
Pathology Departmental Award for outstanding performance in Pathology, University of Chicago, 2014
American Association of Neuropathologists Trainee Travel Award, 2018
Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology, 2019
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
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 - present
American Association of Neuropathologists, 2018 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
The Clinical Utility of DNA Methylation Profiling in Pediatric CNS Tumors: Comparison of Methylation Classification and Integrated Diagnosis in a Cohort of 184 Pediatric CNS Tumors
Pagliaroli, L. Xu, F. Fu, W. Cao1, K. Long, A. Viaene, A.N. Resnick, A.C. Storm, P.B. Santi, M. Li, M.M., Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), Phoenix, AZ, 2022
Diffuse Glioneuronal Tumor with Oligodendroglioma-like Features and Nuclear Clusters (DGONC) – A Novel Pediatric Brain Tumor Entity
Pai, E. Kennedy, B. Bhatti, T. Alexander, C. Santi, M. Viaene, A.N., Society for Pediatric Pathology Fall Meeting, Rochester, N.Y., 2022
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Brain Perfusion in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Hwang, M. Sridharan, A. Freeman, C.W. Viaene, A.N. Kilbaugh, T.J., Ultrasound Quarterly 38(3): 257-261, 2022, PMID:35221316
A multifaceted gradient in human cerebellum of structural and functional development
Liu, X. d'Oleire Uquillas, F. Viaene, A.N. Zhen, Z. Gomez, J., Nature Neuroscience 25(9): 1129-1133, 2022, PMID:35982153
Harboyan Syndrome: A Novel SLC4A11 Variant With Unique Genotype-Phenotype Correlation
Magan, T. Hammersmith, K.M. Viaene, A.N. Kumar, P. Eagle, R.C. Jr. Milman, T., Cornea 41(8): 1053-1057, 2022, PMID:35439766
Novel ATXN1/ATXN1L::NUTM2A fusions identified in aggressive infant sarcomas with gene expression and methylation patterns similar to CIC-rearranged sarcoma
Xu, F.* Viaene, A.N.* Ruiz, J. Schubert, J. Wu, J. Chen, J. Cao, K. Fu, W. Bagatell, R. Fan, Z. Long, A. Pagliaroli, L. Zhong, Y. Luo, M. Kreiger, P.A. Surrey, L.F. Wertheim, G.B. Cole, K.A. Li, M.M. Santi, M. Storm, P.B., Acta Neuropathologica Communications 10(1): 102, 2022, PMID:35836290
High-resolution neurosonographic examination of the lenticulostriate vessels in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Lyo, S. Tierradentro-Garcia, L.O. Viaene, A.N. Hwang, M., The British Journal of Radiology 95(1135): 20211141, 2022, PMID:35604651
Molecular landscapes of human hippocampal immature neurons across lifespan
Zhou, Y. Su, Y. Li, S. Kennedy, B.C. Zhang, D.Y. Bond, A.M. Sun, Y. Jacob, F. Lu, L. Hu, P. Viaene, A.N. Helbig, I. Kessler, S.K. Lucas, T. Salinas, R.D. Gu, X. Chen, H.I. Wu, H. Kleinman, J.E. Hyde, T.M. Nauen, D.W. Weinberger, D.R. Ming, G.L. Song, H., Nature 607(7919): 527-533, 2022, PMID:35794479
Novel ATXN1-NUTM2A fusions identified in two pediatric CNS “CIC-rearranged” sarcomas without CIC rearrangements
Viaene, A.N. Xu, F. Cao, K. Aldape, K. Pratt, D. Quezado, M. Abdullaev, Z. Cole, K. Li, M.M. Storm, P.B. Santi, M., American Association of Neuropathologists, 2022
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Brain Perfusion in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Hwang, M. Sridharan, A. Freeman, C.W. Viaene, A.N. Freeman, C.W. Kilbaugh, T., Annual Integrative Ultrasound Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2022
