Portia A. Kreiger, MD
Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Room 5NW15 Main Building
324 S. 34th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-7751
Fax: 215-590-1736
Email: kreigerp@email.chop.edu
Research Expertise
Quality improvement, Digital pathology, Clinical Innovation
Clinical Expertise
Pediatric pathology
Other Expertise
Operations
Education
BA (Biology), The Johns Hopkins University, 1997
MD University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002
Specialty Certification
The American Board of Pathology- Anatomic Pathology, 2004
The American Board of Pathology- Pediatric Pathology, 2005
Postgraduate Training
Anatomic Pathology- Student Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2000-2001
Anatomic pathology resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2002-2004
Pediatric pathology fellow, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2004-2006
Awards and Honors
Jesse H. Frank, M.D. Prize in Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002
Gordon L. Vawter Pathologist in Training Award, Society for Pediatric Pathology/Paediatric Pathology Society Combined Meeting, Tours, France, 2005
Good Safety Catch of the Month, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2016
Breakthroughs Begin With You Nominee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2017
Good Safety Catch of the Year, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017
Memberships and Professional Organizations
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2002 - present
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2004 - Present
The Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Cooperative Network (chILD), Pathology Working Group, 2006 - 2009
College of American Pathologists, 2008 - Present
Children's Oncology Group, 2015 - 2018
Consortium of Pediatric Anatomic Pathology Directors, 2022 - present
Pediatric Pathology Lab Informatics Systems Interest Group, 2022 - present
Association of Pathology Informatics, 2023 - Present
Digital Pathology Association, 2023 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Fetal pulmonary malformations: defining histopathology.
Kreiger PA, Ruchelli ED, Mahboubi S, Hedrick HL, Adzick NS, Russo P., Am J Surg Pathol 30(5): 643-649, 2006
Losses of chromosomes 1p and 19q are rare in pediatric oligodendrogliomas.
Kreiger PA, Okada Y, Simon S, Rorke LB, Louis DN, Golden JA., Acta Neuropathologica 109(4): 387-392, 2005
Hamartomatous and other tongue lesions in children. Abstract #7.
Kreiger PA, Ernst L, Alawi F, Russo P., , 2005
INI1 protein loss in tumors with a non-rhabdoid phenotype. Abstract #34.
Kreiger PA, Judkins A, Russo PA, Biegel J, Wang L, Kozakewich H, Vujanic GM, Pawel B., , 2006
Devic disease in a child with primary Sjogren syndrome.
Arabshahi B, Pollock AN, Sherry DD, Albert D, Kreiger P, Pessler F., J Child Neurol 21(4): 285-286, 2006
Wilms' Tumor Arising Within a Mediastinal Teratoma.
Badilla AT, Kreiger PA, Schmitz KR, Ernst LM, Kaiser LR, Liechty KW., J Pediatr Surg 41(8): e1-5, 2006
Picture of the Month: Anaplastic large cell lymphoma with hemophagocytosis.
Burnham JM, Kreiger PA, Paessler M, Kersun LS, Cron RQ., Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160(11): 1177, 2006
Sjogren syndrome in a child: favorable response of the arthritis to TNF-alpha blockade.
Pessler F, Monash B, Rettig P, Forbes B, Kreiger PA, Cron RQ., Clin Rheumatol 25(5): 746-748, 2006
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist to treat cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Behrens EM, Kreiger PA, Cherian S, Cron RQ., J Rheumotol 33(10): 2081-2084, 2006
