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Rebecca Lee Linn, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Contact InformationDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1728
Fax: 215-590-1736

Email: linnr@chop.edu

Itmat Expertise

Placental Pathology
Perinatal Pathology

Clinical Expertise

Placental pathology
Perinatal pathology

Research Expertise

Placental pathology
Perinatal pathology

Education

BS (Biological Chemistry, Cum Laude), Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007
MD St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2012

Specialty Certification

American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), 2016
American Board of Pathology (Pediatric Pathology), 2017

Postgraduate Training

Resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2012-2016
Fellow in Pediatric Pathology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2016-2017

Awards and Honors

Henry M. Pinkerton Award for Academic Excellence in Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2012
Autopsy Award for Outstanding Performance by a First Year Resident, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 2013
Resident Recruitment Award from Society for Pediatric Pathology, Fall Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013
Neuropathology Holiday Challenge Award, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 2013
First place for Outstanding Clinical Research Addressing Women's Health at Tenth Annual Lewis Leadership Research Day, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2014
Perinatal Pathology Award from Society for Pediatric Pathology, Fall Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 2014
Chief Resident, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2014-2015
Kent Nowels Memorial Award for Outstanding Leadership, Collegiality, and Academic Excellence, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Pathology, 2016

Memberships and Professional Organizations

American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 2012 - Present
College of American Pathologists, 2012 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2012 - Present
Society of Pediatric Pathology, 2015 - Present

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Selected Publications

Neonatal Hemochromatosis in a Fetus with De Novo PTEN Mutation: An Autopsy Case Report and Literature Review

Fang Bian, Yan Feng, Julia Angel, Rebecca L Linn., Society for pediatric pathology 2024 spring meeting. Baltimore, MD., 2024

The Placenta in Congenital Heart Disease: Form, Function and Outcomes

Josowitz R, Linn R, Rychik J., Neoreviews 24(9): e569-e582, 2023

Prenatal Brain Maturation is Delayed in Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Johng S, Licht DJ, Hedrick HL, Rintoul N, Linn RL, Gebb JS, Xiao R, Massey SL, J Pediatr 16(264): , 2023

Clinicopathologic characterization of gallbladder graft-versus-host disease in pediatric population

González IA, Linn R., Human Pathology 139(): 9-16, 2023

Expanding the reproductive organ phenotype of CHD7-spectrum disorder

Nomakuchi TT, Danowitz M, Stewart B, Leonard J, Isumi K, Krantz I, Kolon TF, Langdon D, Skraban C, Van Batavia JV, Zackai E, Jiao K, Linn R, Alexander C, Zaontz M, Vogiatzi MG, Pyle LC, AM J MED Genet A 191(5): 1418-1424, 2023, PMID:36794641

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Releasing Placentas to Families: A Unified Recommendation From the Perinatal Committee of the Society for Pediatric Pathology

Carreon CK, Ravishankar S, Parast MM, Castro EC, Baergen RN, Bonasoni MP, Cady FM, Comstomck JM, Ernst LM, Kostadinov S, Linn RL, Poulin A, Sarita-Reyes CD, Zhang J, Roberts DJ, Arch Pathol Lab Med 147(5): 515-517, 2023, PMID:37130191

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Occurence of Hepatoblastomas in Patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann Spectrum (BWSp)

Klein SD, DeMarchis M, Linn RL, MacFarland SP, Kalish JM, Cancers 15(9): 2548, 2023

Neonatologist responsibility to ensure placentas are received for pathologic examination—response to comment on criteria for placental examination for obstetric and neonatal providers

Roberts DJ, Baergen RN, Boyd TK, Carreon CK, Duncan VE, Ernst LM, Faye-Petersen OM, Folkins AK, Hecht JL, Heerema-McKenney A, Heller DS, Linn RL, Polizzano C, Ravishankar S, Redline RW, Salafia CM, Torous VF, Castro EC, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023

Non-invasive monitoring of blood oxygenation in human placentas via concurrent diffuse optical spectroscopy and ultrasound imaging

Wang L, Cochran JM, Ko T, Baker WB, Abramson K, He L, Busch DR, Kavuri V, Linn RL, Parry S, Yodh AG, Schwartz N, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2022, PMID:35970929

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Solid-Tubulocystic Variant of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Report of a Pediatric Case With Molecular Characterization

Gonzalez IA, Linn RL, Wilkins BJ, Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, 2022, PMID:36031872

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