Rebecca Lee Linn, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1728
Fax: 215-590-1736
Fax: 215-590-1736
Email:
linnr@chop.edu
linnr@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
BS (Biological Chemistry, Cum Laude)
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007.
MD
St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2012.
Permanent linkBS (Biological Chemistry, Cum Laude)
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007.
MD
St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2012.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Placental pathologyPerinatal pathology
Description of Research Expertise
Placental pathologyPerinatal pathology
Selected Publications
Rebecca Josowitz, Stacy Woyciechowski, Tanaya Jadhav, Tejas Jammihal, Rebecca L Linn, Jack Rychik, J William Gaynor, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Nancy B Spinner : Placental Malperfusion Is Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease and With Genetic Variants in Placental Developmental Pathways. JACC 86(19): 1704-1720, November 2025.Rebecca Josowitz, Stacy Woyciechowski, Tanaya Jadhav, Tejas Jammihal, Rebecca L Linn, Jack Rychik, J William Gaynor, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Nancy B Spinner : Placental Malperfusion Is Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease and With Genetic Variants in Placental Developmental Pathways. JACC 86(19): 1704-1720, November 2025.
Hui Qiao, Carmelo Jacinto , Amanda Nguy, Lindsay Rogers, Rebecca L Linn : Upstairs-Downstairs Heart: A Rare Complex Cardiac Malformation with Superoinferior Ventricles. Society of Pediatric Pathology 2025 Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA October 2025.
Lucie Bennett-Stein, Rebecca L Linn: Postmortem Diagnosis of Non-Rhizomelic Chondrodysplasia Punctata in Diamniotic-Dichorionic Male Twins: A Rare Case Report. Society of Pediatric Pathology 2025 Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA October 2025.
Kavari SL, George AM, Linn RL, Kalish JM.: Characterization of placental pathology in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome due to alterations in the KCNQ1OT1:TSS-DMR region. Placenta 171: 102-110, September 2025 Notes: no issue number.
Jacobwitz M, Xie M, Catalano J, Helbig I, Gaynor JW, Burnham N, Linn RL, Gebb J, Russell MW, Hakonarson H, Chaiyachati BH, Cristancho AG.: DNA methylation differences stratified by normalized fetal/placental weight ratios suggest neurodevelopmental deficits in neonates with congenital heart disease PLoS One 20(8): e0317944, August 2025.
Viaene AN, Steele J, Linn RL: Acquired neuropathology and its associations with key patterns of placental pathology. Acta Neropatholo Commun 13(1): 138, June 2025.
Golden TN, Mani S, Linn RL, Leite R, Trigg NA, Wilson A, Anton L, Mainigi M, Conine CC, Kaufman BA, Strauss JF, Parry S, Simmons RA: Extracellular Vesicles Alter Trophoblast Function in Pregnancies Complicated by COVID-19. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 14(4): e70051, April 2025.
Linn RL, Forkpa M, Leite R, Guerrero JC, Reyes MC, Schwartz LE, Simmons RA, Parry S, Golden TN.: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, the Human Placenta, and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes American Journal of Pathology 195(8): 1457-1466, April 2025.
Burrill N, Schindewolf E, Pilchman L, Wright R, Crane H, Gebb J, Khalek N, Soni S, Paidas Teefey C, Oliver ER, Linn R, Moldenhauer JS.: Whole Exome Sequencing in a Population of Fetuses With Structural Anomalies. Prenat Diagn 45(3): 310-317, March 2025.