Denise M. Adams, MD

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Professor of Pediatrics (Oncology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, CVAP Frontier Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Complicated Vascular Anomalies Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician, Member of PENN Cancer Center
Attending Physician, Member of PENN Cardiovascular Institute
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Oncology
Department of Pediatrics
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Nursing, magna cum laude)
Georgetown University, 1982.
MD (Medicine)
Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1988.
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Selected Publications

Britt, A., Bolli, A., Treat, J., Cahill, A.M., Adams, D., Ganguly, A., Queenan, M., Surrey, L., Low, D., Sheppard, S.: Somatic genetic testing provides diagnosis of verrucous venous malformation in an individual with discrepant radiology, pathology, and clinical findings. Sosido January 2026.

On, A., Caussade, MC., Britt, A., Sheppard, S., Adams, D., Stockton Hogrogian, G., Treat, J.: : Visualizing Genetics: An investigation of dermoscopy as a tool for genetic variant prediction in capillary malformations. Pediatric Dermatology October 2025.

Mack, J., Crary, S., Blatt, J., Spray, B., Borst, A., Ruiz-Gutierrez, M., Kreimer, S., Iacobas, I., Swaminathan, N., Tran, A., Adams, D., Jeng, M: Impact of Anticoagulation on Quality of Life in Patients with Slow-Flow Vascular Malformations. Blood Vessels, Thrombosis & Hemostasis September 2025.

Michael Kelly, Denise Adams, Francine Blei: Chapter 454: Vascular neoplasms. Rudolph’s Pediatrics, 24th Edition September 2025.

Fox, M., Kumar, S., Britt, A., Srinivasan, A., Surrey, L., Vatsky, S., Borst, J., Hakonarson, H., Li, D., Sheppard, S., Snyder, K., Adams, D: Expansion of the phenotype of lymphatic anomalies caused by somatic activating BRAF variant. Pediatric Blood & Cancer August 2025.

Torales, L.D.G., Woodis, K., Britt, A., Surrey, L., Srinivasan, A., Ganguly, A., Limmina, M., Li, D., MacFarland, S., Adams, D., Sheppard, S.: Multiple genetic technologies validate rare novel variant and direct medical care in vascular anomalies. American Journal of Medical Genetics. July 2025.

102. Pirov, E., Kleinman, E., Elizarov, E., Rodrigues, M., Baum, A., Blei, F., Adams, D., Greenberger, S.: Beta-blockers efficacy and safety in the treatment of PHACE syndrome: A systematic review. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology July 2025.

Berna, R., Hasbun, T., Adams, D., Moon, A. T., & Treat, J. R: Significant improvement of a nevus spilus-type congenital melanocytic nevus with oral selumetinib. Pediatric Dermatology June 2024.

Alexandra J. Borst, Allison Britt, Denise M Adams: Complex lymphatic anomalies: Molecular landscape and medical management. Seminars in pediatric surgery June 2024.

Patricia Patura, C. Griffin McDaniel, Sara Alharbi, Dermot Fox, Bethany Coleman, Punman Malik, Denise M. Adams, Timothy D. Le Cras: NRASQ61R mutation drives elevated angiopoietin-2 expression in human endothelial cells and a genetic mouse model. Pediatric Blood & Cancer May 2024.

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