Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Summa cum laude, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2007
• MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 2011

Training

• Pediatric Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, 2011 - 2014
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2014 - 2017

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2011 - PresNeonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• 2013 - PresIndividual DEA
• 2013 - 2015Wisconsin Medical Board
• 2014 - 2018Pennsylvania Medical Board
• 2014 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
• 2017 - PresMissouri Board for the Healing Arts - Medical Physician
• 2018 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Honors and Awards

• American Brain Tumor Association Lucien Rubenstein Memorial Award, 2008
• The Crimson Feather Award: The Finest Fledgling - awarded to best intern in residency class, 2012
• NIH Institutional T32 Research Training Award, 2015 - 2017
• CHRC K12 Faculty Training Award, 2017 - 2019

Recent Publications view all (6)

Publication Co-Authors

Melissa Riley

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Danielle Alfano

1. Alfano DN, Klei LR, Klei HB, Trotta M, Gough PJ, Foley KP, Bertin J, Sumpter TL, Lucas PC, McAllister-Lucas LM. MALT1 Protease Plays a Dual Role in the Allergic Response by Acting in Both Mast Cells and Endothelial Cells. J Immunol. 2020;204(9):2337-2348. PMID:32213560 
2. Alfano DN, Bubeck Wardenburg J. Another Score for the Pore: S. aureus Leukocidins Take a Shot on the Endothelium. Cell Host Microbe. 2019;25(3):351-353. PMID:30870619 
3. Attarian SJ, Leibel SL, Yang P, Alfano DN, Hackett BP, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Mutations in the thyroid transcription factor gene NKX2-1 result in decreased expression of SFTPB and SFTPC. Pediatr Res. 2018. PMID:29538355 
4. Liang J, Alfano DN, Squires JE, Riley MM, Parks WT, Kofler J, El-Gharbawy A, Madan-Kheterpal S, Acquaro R, Picarsic J. Novel NLRC4 Mutation Causes a Syndrome of Perinatal Autoinflammation With Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, Hepatosplenomegaly, Fetal Thrombotic Vasculopathy, and Congenital Anemia and Ascites. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2017;1093526616686890. PMID:28403691 
5. Klei LR, Hu D, Panek R, Alfano DN, Bridwell RE, Bailey KM, Oravecz-Wilson KI, Concel VJ, Hess EM, Van Beek M, Delekta PC, Gu S, Watkins SC, Ting AT, Gough PJ, Foley KP, Bertin J, McAllister-Lucas LM, Lucas PC. MALT1 Protease Activation Triggers Acute Disruption of Endothelial Barrier Integrity via CYLD Cleavage. Cell Rep. 2016;17(1):221-32. PMCID:PMC5087334  PMID:27681433 
6. Hamvas A, Deterding RR, Wert SE, White FV, Dishop MK, Alfano DN, Halbower AC, Planer B, Stephan MJ, Uchida DA, Williames LD, Rosenfeld JA, Lebel RR, Young LR, Cole FS, Nogee LM. Heterogeneous pulmonary phenotypes associated with mutations in the thyroid transcription factor gene NKX2-1. Chest. 2013;144(3):794-804. PMCID:PMC3760742  PMID:23430038