Angela Viaene, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Director of Neuropathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Pathology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Pathology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1728
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.
Permanent linkBS (Exercise Science/Integrative Physiology)
University of Iowa, 2006.
PhD (Computational Neuroscience)
University of Chicago, 2012.
MD
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2014.
Selected Publications
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: GFAC-CBTN post-mortem multi-omic dataset enabling pediatric brain tumor evolution studies International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology, Sydney, Australia June-July 2026.Zerk PE, Abdulleav Z, Santi M, Viaene A, Alexandrescu S, Quezado M: BEYOND THE POSTERIOR FOSSA: CLINICAL AND MOLECULARCHARACTERIZATION OF 33 EPENDYMOMAS WITH PFB MOLECULAR SIGNATURES. American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MD June 2026.
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.: Validation of Ultrarapid Classification of Pediatric CNS Tumors Using Nanopore Sequencing. International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology, Sydney, Australia June-July 2026.
Pai E, Abdullaev Z, Ahmadia SS, Blessing, Byers J, Cole B, Conner EC, Dahiya S, Dazelle K, Eberhart C, Fernandes I, Fonseca A, Frosch M, Giannini C, Lehman N, Lopez G, Perry A, Raghunathan A, Toland A, Welsh C, Viaene AN, Aldape K, Santi M, Quezado M: Eighteen cases of glioneuronal tumor, kinase-fused, subtype A (GNT_KinF_A) from a multi-institutional study. American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MD June 2026.
Zhou Z, Holloman M, Lueder M, Wong D, Resnick A, Storm PB, Fisher MJ, Kline C, Viaene A, Santi M, Li MM, Xu F.: The Clinical Utility of DNA Methylation Profiling in Pediatric CNS Tumors: A Single-Institution Study of 377 Cases. American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Baltimore, MD March 2026.
Shin SS, Browne KD, Viaene AN, Keim G, Han DJ, Degani R, Mazandi V, Morton S, Starr J, Weeks K, Widmann N, Hobson L, Gaudio H, Ko TS, Menezes-Forti R, Jang DH, Cullen DK, Kilbaugh TJ, Kao S.: Plasma and Imaging Biomarker Changes Following Rotational and Contusional Models of Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescent Pigs. Journal of Neurotrauma 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Alcamo AM, Lieberman L, Sherry N, Ford HR, Fitzgerald JC, Topjian AA, Carcillo JA, Kochanek PM, Viaene AN, Aneja RK: Neuropathologic Autopsy Findings in Pediatric Sepsis: A Two-Center, Retrospective Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2026 Notes: In press.
Farrell L, August AH, Viaene AN, Kim D, Shekdar K, Eagle Jr RC, Revere K, Milman T.: Congenital cystic eye and coloboma with cyst: a developmental continuum. American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2026 Notes: In press (accepted for publication).
Cerron-Vela CR, Gonçalves FG, Tierradentro-García LO, Viaene AN, Bhatia A, Vossough A.: Imaging Differentiation of Supratentorial Ependymoma and High-grade Glioma in Children using VASARI Features. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2026 Notes: Epub ahead of print.
Gonçalves FG, Mahecha-Carvajal ME, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, Oliveira VV, Viaene AN, Bag AK, Andronikou S, Vossough A.: What's Under the Tent? Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children, Beyond the Usual Suspects, Part 2. Neurographics 15(4): 355-382, October 2025.