Pierre A. Russo, MD
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
324 South 34th St
Main Building 5NW26
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1733
Fax: 215-590-1736
Email: russo@email.chop.edu
Education
B.Sc. (Honours Biochemistry), McGill University, Canada, 1974
M.D.C.M. McGill University, Canada, 1978
Specialty Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners
Certificate #202780, 1979
Certificate in Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 1983
Specialty Certificate on Anatomic Pathology #9920 - Corporation professionelle des medicine du Quebec, 1984
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology in Pediatric Pathology, 1997
Postgraduate Training
Intern, St. Mary's Hospital, 1978-1979
Resident, General Surgery, McGill University, 1979-1980
Resident, Anatomic Pathology, McGill University, 1980-1984
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - Anatomic Pathology, Royal College, 1984-1984
Fellowship, Pediatric Pathology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1984-1986
Awards and Honors
Recipient of best presentation award by a pathologist in training, Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Pathology, New Orleans - March, 1986-1986
Memberships and Professional Organizations
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 1986 - Present
USCAP: United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 1986 - Present
Federation des medecins specialistes du Quebec, 1989 - 1999
Association des pathologistes du Quebec, 1989 - 1999
Association des pathologistes du Québec, 1992 - 1999
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 1997 - Present
ChiLDREN - Childhood Liver Disease Research Education Network, 2002 - Present
Selected Publications
Lower back pain and mass in a 13-year-old girl.
Richetti, E.T., B. Erol, J. Stern, et al., Clin Orthop Relat Res 430(): 248-257, 2005
Pulmonary infection with microsporidia after allogenic bone marrow transplantation.
Teachey DT, Russo P, Orenstein J, Didier ES, Bowers C, Bunin N, Bone Marrow Transplant 33(3): 299-302, 2004
Zebrafish oncecut gene hnf-6 function in an evolutionarily conserved genetic pathway that regulated vertebrate development.
Matthews R P, Lorent K, Russo P, Pack M, Develop Biol 274(): 245-259, 2004
No evidence of maternal cell colonization in reverted liver nodules of tyrosinemia type I patients
Bergeron A, Lettre F, Russo P, MOrissette J, Tanguay R, Gastroenterology 127(5): 1381-5, 2004
Immunohistochemical Analysis of hSNF5/INII Distinguishes Renal and Extra-renal Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors from Other Pediatric Soft Tissue Tumors
Hoot AC, Russo P, Judkins AR, Perlman EJ, Biegel JA, American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2004
Elbow Soft Tissue Mass in a 9-year-old boy.
K.V. Halpern, BA; P. Russo, MD; A. Hubbard, MD; and J.P. Dormans, MD, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 427(): 258-265, 2004
Knee pain in a 12-year-old girl.
Atanda A, Hosalkar H, Wells L, Russo P, Kaye P, Dormans J P, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 425(): 284-289, , 2004
Disorders of the Intrahepatic Ducts
Piccoli DA and Russo P, Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease, Chapter 50, 2004
Pathology of Pedatric GI and Liver Disease
Ruso P, Ruchelli E, Piccoli DM, Springer-Verlag, 2004
Allelic loss but absence of mutations in the polyspecific transporter gene BWR1A on 11p15.5 in hepatoblastoma.
Albrecht. S., W. Hartmann, F. Houshdaran, et al., Int J Cancer 111(): 627-632, 2004
