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 (Exercise Science/Integrative Physiology), University of Iowa, 2006
PhD (Computational Neuroscience), University of Chicago, 2012
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 the University of Iowa Scientific Poster Competition, Iowa City, IA, 2005
Graduated with Highest Distinction and Honors, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006
Winner of the Student Employee of the Year Award, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006
Nominee for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008
Winner of Neuroscience Day poster competition, Brain Research Foundation, 2010
Winner of the Biological Sciences Division Travel Fund, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2011
Winner of the Best Dissertation Award in the Committee on Computational Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2012
Winner of the Naomi Ragins-Goldsmith Career Development Award, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2013
Winner of the Pathology Departmental Award for Outstanding Performance in Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014
Winner of a Trainee Travel Award, American Association of Neuropathologists, 2018
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
Walter E. Berdon Award for the Best Clinical Research Paper in Pediatric Radiology for the year 2022, Society for Pediatric Radiology, 2023
Cum Laude Scientific Poster Award, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, 2023
Pediatrics Outstanding Project Award, American Society of Neuroradiology, 2025
Memberships and Professional Organizations
Society for Neuroscience, 2008 - 2012
American Physician Scientists Association, 2008 - 2014
College of American Pathologists, 2015 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2016 - 2018
Pennsylvania Medical Society, 2017 - 2020
American Association of Neuropathologists, 2018 - Present
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2024 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Orbital Myxoid Pleomorphic Liposarcoma: A Newly Characterized Malignancy with Evolving Treatment Strategies
Cotton C, Farrell L, Katowitz W, Viaene A, Shebaclo K, Milman T, Marous C., American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2026
Ultrarapid Methylation Classification and Rapid Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Pediatric CNS Tumors
Xu, F. Wong, D. Santana, J. Zhou, Z. Long, A. Hpolloman, M. Leuder, M. Pomaville, M. Master, S.R. Viaene, A. Laetsch, T.W. Resnick, A. Santi, M. Madsen, P.J. Storm, P.B. Li, M.M., Annual Meeting of the Cancer Genomics Consortium, Houston, TX, 2026
Eighteen cases of glioneuronal tumor, kinase-fused, subtype A (GNT_KinF_A) from a multi-institutional study
Pai, E. Abdullaev, Z. Ahmadia, S.S. Blessing, M. Byers, J. Cole, B. Conner, E.C. Dahiya, S. Dazelle, K. Eberhart, C. Fernandes, I. Fonseca1, A. Frosch, M. Giannini, C. Lehman, N. Lopez, G. Perry, A. Raghunathan, A. Toland, A. Welsh, C. Viaene, A.N. Aldape, K. Santi, M. Quezado, M., American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MD, 2026
Evaluating the Clinical Utility and Diagnostic Yield of Muscle Biopsy in Primary Mitochondrial Disease Evaluations
Peterson, J.T. McCormick, E.M. Lazariu, V. DiCondina, R. Bogush, E. Muraresku, C. Tormey, C. Demczko, M.M. Goldstein, A. Sharma, S. Viaene, A.N. Ganetzky, R.D. Falk, M. J. Zolkipli-Cunningham, Z., United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2026
Beyond the Posterior Fossa: Clinical and Molecular Characterization of 33 Ependymomas with PFB Molecular Signatures
Zerk, P.E. Abdulleav, Z. Santi, M. Viaene, A. Alexandrescu, S. Quezado, M., American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MD, 2026
Validation of Ultrarapid Classification of Pediatric CNS Tumors Using Nanopore Sequencing
Wong D, Santana J, Zhou Z, Long A, Holloman M, LuederM, Master SR, Viaene A, Laetsch T, Resnick A, Xu F, Santi M, Madsen PJ, Storm PB, Li MM., International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology, Sydney, Australia, 2026
GFAC-CBTN post-mortem multi-omic dataset enabling pediatric brain tumor evolution studies
Koptyra M, Kraya A, Rathi K, Frenkel B, Lyons N, McLean G, Sullivan C, Coleman N, Hollawell M, Beale D, Familiar A, Yuankun Z, Lilly J, Santi M, Viaene A, Kram D, Storm PB, Resnick AC, on behalf of Gift From a Child and Michael Gustafson, International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology, Sydney, Australia, 2026
Congenital cystic eye and coloboma with cyst: a developmental continuum
Farrell L, August AH, Viaene AN, Kim D, Shekdar K, Eagle Jr RC, Revere K, Milman T., American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 30(2): 104800, 2026, PMID:41856268
Imaging Differentiation of Supratentorial Ependymoma and High-grade Glioma in Children using VASARI Features.
Cerron-Vela CR, Gonçalves FG, Tierradentro-García LO, Viaene AN, Bhatia A, Vossough A., AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 47(3): 785-792, 2026, PMID:40957690
The Clinical Utility of DNA Methylation Profiling in Pediatric CNS Tumors: A Single-Institution Study of 377 Cases
Zhou Z, Holloman M, Lueder M, Wong D, Resnick A, Storm PB, Fisher MJ, Kline C, Viaene A, Santi M, Li MM, Xu F., American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Baltimore, MD, 2026
