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Angela N. Viaene, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Viaene's research interests include thalamocortical projections, CNS tumors, neurogenetic disorders, and hypoxic/ischemic brain injury.
Bio
Dr. Viaene is an assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She is also the Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology. She received both her PhD in Computational Neuroscience and MD from the University of Chicago. Following this, Dr. Viaene completed a combined anatomic pathology residency and neuropathology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2018. She is board-certified in both Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology and is a practicing pediatric neuropathologist at CHOP.
Dr. Viaene's neuroscience research experience began over fifteen years ago as an undergraduate studying reaching movements following cerebrovascular insults in humans and non-human primates. Since then, she has investigated a wide range of topics from the synaptic properties and anatomical features of thalamocortical projections to a number of human neurologic diseases including CNS tumors, neurogenetic disorders and hypoxic/ischemic brain injury. Dr. Viaene is also involved in medical education and is the co-director of the Brain and Behavior unit in the Perelman School of Medicine at Penn.
Education and Training
BS, University of Iowa, 2006
PhD, University of Chicago (Computational Neuroscience), 2012
MD, University of Chicago, 2014
Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Anatomic Pathology), 2016
Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Neuropathology), 2018
Titles and Academic Titles
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology
Associate Director of Neuropathology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professional Memberships
Society for Neuroscience, 2008-
American Physician Scientists Association, 2008-
College of American Pathologists, 2015-
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2016-2018
Pennsylvania Medical Society, 2017-
American Association of Neuropathologists, 2018-
Professional Awards
American Association of Neuropathologists Travel Award, 2018
Pathology Departmental Award for Outstanding Performance in Pathology, 2014
Naomi Ragins-Goldsmith Career Development Award, 2013
Best Dissertation Award in the Committee on Computational Neuroscience, 2012
University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division Travel Fund Award, 2011
The Brain Research Foundation's Neuroscience Day Poster Competition, 2010
Student Employee of the Year Award, University of Iowa, 2006
University of Iowa Scientific Poster Competition, 2005
U.S.-Brazil Bio Tech Training Consortium (USABRIO) Education Award, 2005
Publication Highlights
PubMed:
Lyo S, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, Viaene AN, Hwang M. High-resolution neurosonographic examination of the lenticulostriate vessels in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Br J Radiol. 2022 Jun; 20211141. PubMed PMID: 35604651
Cristancho AG, Gadra EG, Samba IM, Zhao C, Ouyang M, Magnitsky S, Huang H, Viaene A, Anderson SA, Marsh ED. Deficits in seizure threshold and other behaviors in adult mice without gross neuroanatomic injury after late gestation transient prenatal hypoxia. Developmental Neuroscience. 2022 Mar; PMID: 35279653
Hwang M, Sridharan A, Freeman CW, Viaene AN, Kilbaugh TJ. Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Brain Perfusion in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Ultrasound Q. 2022 Feb; PubMed PMID: 35221316
Hwang M, Chattaraj R,Sridharan A, Shin SS, Viaene AN, Haddad S, Khrichenko D, Sehgal C, Lee D, Kilbaugh TJ. Can Ultrasound-Guided Xenon Delivery Provide Neuroprotection in Traumatic Brain Injury?. Neurotrauma Rep. 2022 Feb; 3(1): 97-104. PubMed PMID: 35317306
Cotter JA, Viaene AN, Santi M, Hawkins C, Judkins AR. A Practical Approach to the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Pediatric CNS Tumors. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2022 Feb; 25(1): 6-9. PubMed PMID: 33872110
Active Grants/Contracts
Novel Ultrasound Indices of Intracranial Pressure and Brain Ischemia in Neonatal Hydrocephalus
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Award
- 2020 - 2024
- PI: Misun Hwang, MD
Pediatric Cell Atlas of Skeletal Muscle
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- 2021 - 2024
- PI: Monkol Lek, PhD