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Mariarita Santi, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
324 South 34th Street
Room 5NW26
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3184
Fax: 215- 590-1736
Education:
B.S.
Classic Lyceum Reggio Emilia, Italy, 1974.
M.D.
Modena University Medical School, Modena, Italy, 1982.
Ph.D. (Pharmacology)
Modena University , 1988.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Endocrinology, Modena University Medical Center, Modena, Italy., 1982-1985.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Preclinical Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1984-1985.
Research Associate, Fidia-Georgetown Institute for the Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington D.C. , 1985-1990.
Research Associate , FIDIA Research Laboratory, Abano Terme, Padova, Italy , 1990-1991.
Resident in Anatomical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine George Washington University Medical Center,Washington D.C. , 1994-1997.
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C. , 1997-1998.
Fellowship, Neuropathology, Department of Neuropathology Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington D.C. , 1998-2000.
Training, Developmental and Pediatric Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia , 1999-1999.
Certifications
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)Certified (# 0-480-266-6). , 1993.
FLEX exam for the State of Maryland, 1993.
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology, 1998.
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology in Neuropathology., 2001.
New York State Department of Health Certificate of Qualification in general histopathology, 2005.
American Board of Pathology. Successufly fulfilled the requirements for voluntary recertification., 2014.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Pediatric and Adult Brain Tumors, Pediatric and Adult Muscle Disease, Tumor Banks

Selected Publications

Adrian B. Levine, Julie Bennett1, Prabhumallikarjun Patil Ian Burns1,5, Robert Siddaway1,2, Cyril Li1, Joseline Haizel-Cobbina8, Mansuba Rana1, Richard Yuditskiy1, Andrew Son1, Yoshiko Nakano5, Palak Patel1, I-Chen Ho1, Michelle Ku1, José E Velázquez Vega,9 Matthew J. Schniederjan9, Craig Erker10, Chantel Cacciotti11, Mariarita Santi12, Ernest J Nelson12, Sylvia Cheng13, Christopher Dunham14, Bev Wilson15, Karina Black15, Frank van Landeghem16, David D. Eisenstat17,18, Ana S Guerreiro Stüecklin19, Annette Weiser19, Valerie Larouche20, Panagiota Giannakouros20, Adriana Fonseca21, Lane Williamson21, Hazel Ware21, Igor L Fernandes22, Ashley S Plant-Fox23, Adam Fleming24, Shawde Campbell24, Naureen Mushtaq25, Syed Ibrahim Bukhari25, Khurram Minhas26, Richard T Graham27,28, Scott Raskin27,28, Filip Jadrijevic Cvrlje29, Louise Ludlow30, Mary V MacNeil31, Jean Mulcahy-Levy,32,33 Samantha DeMarsh32,33, Kohei Fukuoka34, Kai Yamasaki35, Tomonari Suzuki36, Fumiharu Ohka37, Sayaka Hyodo38, Yoshiki Arakawa39, Takashi Ishihara40, Fumiyuki Yamasaki41, Jordan R. Hansford42–44, Amanda Luck43, MacLean P. Nasrallah45, Helen Toledano46, Roaya M Masoud46, Alvaro Lassaletta47, Luis Blasco-Santana48, John-Paul Kilday49,50, Alisa Talianski51, Andrew T Hale52, James Johnston52, Caroline Davies52, Peter B. Dirks1, James T. Rutka1, Michael C. Dewan, Uri Tabori, Cynthia E. Hawkins: Integrated clinical and molecular landscape of disseminated pediatric low-grade glioma. Neuro-Oncology SUBMITTED 2025 SUBMITTED.

Michaela-Kristina Keck1,2,3, Maysa Al-Hussaini4, Nisreen Amayiri5, Akosua Adoma Boakye Yiadom1,2,3, Gabriel Chamyan6, Edmund Cheesman7, Cécile Faure-Conter8, Miguel Garcia-Ariza9, Guillaume Gauchotte10, Mette Jorgensen11, John-Paul Kilday12,13, Cinzia Lavarino14, Fabiana Lubieniecki15, Ossama M. Maher6, David Meyronet16, Mariarita Santi17,18, Ulrich Schüller19,20,21, Martin Sill1,2,3, Sniya Sudhakar22, María Tallón García23, Arnault Tauziede-Espariat24,25, Pascale Varlet24,25, Alexandre Vasiljevic16, Andrea Wittmann1,2,3, José Andrés Yunes26, Andreas von Deimling27,28, David Solomon29, Felix Sahm27,28, Anna Tietze30, Katja von Hoff31,32, Philipp Sievers27,28,#, David TW Jones1: PLAG1 fusions define a third subtype of ET, PLAG – CNS embryonal tumor with PLAG family gene alteration. Acta Neuropathologica Submitted 2025 SUBMITTED.

Alexander T. Lyons, BS1, Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, MBChB, MPH2, Adrian Levine, MD3-5, Anthony E. Bishay, BS1, Nicolette Jew, BS1, Cyril Li, B.sc3, Prabhumallikarjun Patil MD6,7, Julie Bennett, MD3,8,9, Ian Burns10, Robert Siddaway3,4, Mansuba Rana3, Richard Yuditskiy3, Andrew Son3, Yoshiko Nakano9, Palak Patel3, I-Chen Ho3, Michelle Ku3, José E. Velázquez Vega11, Matthew J. Schniederjan11, Craig Erker12, Chantel Cacciotti13, Mariarita Santi14, Ernest J. Nelson14, Sylvia Cheng15, Christopher Dunham16, Bev Wilson17, Karina Black17, Frank van Landeghem18, David D. Eisenstat19,20, Ana S. Guerreiro Stücklin21, Annette Weiser21, Valerie Larouche22, Panagiota Giannakouros22, Adriana Fonseca23, Lane Williamson23, Igor L. Fernandes24, Ashley S. Plant-Fox25, Adam Fleming26, Shawde Campbell26, Naureen Mushtaq27, Syed Ibrahim Bukhari27, Khurram Minhas28, Richard T. Graham29,30, Scott Raskin29,30, Filip Jadrijevic Cvrlje31, Louise Ludlow20,32, Mary V. MacNeil33, Jean M. Mulcahy-Levy,34,35 Samantha DeMarsh34,35, Kohei Fukuoka36,37, Kai Yamasaki37,38, Tomonari Suzuki37,39, Fumiharu Ohka37,40, Atsufumi Kawamura37,41, Yoshiki Arakawa37,42, Takashi Ishihara37,43, Fumiyuki Yamasaki37,44, Jordan R. Hansford45–47, Amanda Luck45,46, MacLean P. Nasrallah48, Helen Toledano49, Roaya M. Masoud49, Alvaro Lassaletta50, Luis Blasco-Santana51, John-Paul Kilday52,53, Alisa Talianski54, Caroline Davies55, James Johnston55, Andrew T. Hale55, Peter B. Dirks3,56, James T. Rutka3,56, Uri Tabori3,9,57, Cynthia E. Hawkins3-5,57 , Michael C. Dewan: Disseminated pediatric low-grade glioma and hydrocephalus: a multinational consortium analysis of incidence and mortality Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics SUBMITTED 2025

Brandi M. Golden, Scott K. Tucker, Marco Carpenter, Mariarita Santi, Angela N. Viaene, William H. Peranteau, Scott P. Bartlett1, MD; Jesse A. Taylor and Eric C. Liao: Integration of clinical, radiographic, histologic and molecular findings to diagnose craniofacial fibrous dysplasia. Journal of craniofacial surgery April 2025.

Rivers Fragneau, Sylvie Fraitag, Paul G. Kemps, Zofia Hélias-Rodzewicz, Somak Roy, Benjamin Bonsang, Allison L. Bartlett, Subhra Dhar, Martin Jankofsky, Jozef Zlocha, Karel Svojgr, Lenka Krsková, Andrica C.H. de Vries, Robert M. Verdijk, Jan A.M. van Laar, Roos J. Leguit Philippe Drabent, Eric D. Carlsen, Jonhan Ho, Arivarasan D. Karunamurthy, Mariarita Santi, Florian Babor, Robert Lorsbach, Astrid G.S. van Halteren, Sebastien Héritier, Eli L. Diamond, Benjamin H. Durham, Ashish R. Kumar, A. Bhattacharya, Julien Haroche, Jean Donadieu, Arndt Borkhardt, Jennifer L. Picarsic, Jean-François Emile,: NTRK1-rearranged histiocytosis: clinicopathologic and molecular features Blood Advances March 2025.

Zhuangzhuang Geng; Eric Wafula; Ryan J. Corbett; Yuanchao Zhang; Run Jin; Krutika S. Gaonkar; Sangeeta Shukla; Komal S. Rathi; Dave Hill; Aditya Lahiri; Daniel P. Miller; Alex Sickler; Kelsey Keith; Christopher Blackden; Antonia Chroni; Miguel A. Brown; Adam A. Kraya; Brian R. Rood; Adam C. Resnick; Nicholas Van Kuren; John M. Maris; Alvin Farrel; Mateusz P. Koptyra; Gerri R. Trooskin; Noel Coleman; Yuankun Zhu; Stephanie Stefankiewicz; Zied Abdullaev; Asif Chinwalla; Mariarita Santi; Ammar S. Naqvi; Jennifer L. Mason; Carl J. Koschmann; Xiaoyan Huang; Sharon J. Diskin; Kenneth Aldape; Bailey K. Farrow; Weiping Ma; Bo Zhang; Brian M. Ennis; Sarah Tasian; Saksham Phul; Matthew R. Leuder; Chuwei Zhong; Joseph M. Dybas; Pei Wang; Deanne Taylor; Jo Lynne Rokita: The Open Pediatric Cancer Project. GigaScience GIGA-D-25-86 SUBMITTED March 2025.

Kai Tan, Jonathan Sussman, Derek Oldridge, Wenbao Yu, Chia-hui Chen, Abigail Zellmer, Jiazhen Rong, Arianne Parvaresh-Rizi, Anusha Thadi, Jason Xu, Shovik Bandyopadhyay, Yusha Sun, David Wu, Stephanie Brosius, Kyung Jin Ahn, Amy Baxter, Mateusz Koptyra, Rami Vanguri, Stephanie McGrory, Phillip Storm, Nduka Amankulor, Mariarita Santi, Angela Viaene, Nancy Zhang, Thomas De Raedt, Kristina Cole, Austin Yang, Joseph Tumulty, Barbara Xiong, Una Barkardottir, and Isabella Seka.: "A longitudinal single-cell and spatial multiomic atlas of pediatric high-grade glioma" Nature Cancer SUBMITTED 2025.

Jonathan H. Sussman, Derek A. Oldridge, Wenbao Yu, Chia-Hui Chen, Jiazhen Rong, Abigail Zellmer, Arianne Parvaresh-Rizi, Anusha Thadi, Jason Xu, Shovik Bandyopadhyay, Yusha Sun, David Wu, C. Emerson Hunter, Stephanie Brosius, Kyung Jin Ahn, Amy Baxter, Rami S. Vanguri, Stephanie McGrory, Nduka M. Amankulor, Mariarita Santi, Angela Viaene, Nancy Zhang, Thomas De Raedt, Kristina Cole, Kai Tan: A longitudinal single-cell and spatial multiomic atlas of pediatric high-grade glioma" Nature Genetics November 2024.

Jonathan H. Sussman, Derek A. Oldridge4,# Wenbao Yu2,#, Chia-Hui Chen2, Jiazhen Rong3,5, Abigail Zellmer4, Arianne Parvaresh-Rizi3, Anusha Thadi2, Jason Xu1,2,3, Shovik Bandyopadhyay1,2,6, Yusha Sun1,6, David Wu1,2,3, C. Emerson Hunter1,2, Stephanie Brosius2, Kyung Jin Ahn3, Amy Baxter4, Rami S. Vanguri4, Stephanie McGrory3, Nduka M. Amankulor8, Mariarita Santi, Angela Viaene, Nancy Zhang, Thomas De Raedt, Kristina Cole, Kai Tan: A longitudinal single-cell and spatial multiomic atlas of pediatric high-grade glioma. bioRXiv March 2024.

Viaene AN, Nelson EJ, Santi M.: Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury: What's behind the "ribbon effect"? J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 82: 865-875, Sep 2023.

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