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

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) , 2011
• Individual DEA , 2013
• Wisconsin Medical Board , 2013
• Pennsylvania Medical Board , 2014
• American Board of Pediatrics , 2014
• Missouri Board for the Healing Arts - Medical Physician , 2017
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine , 2018

Honors

• 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
• NIH K12 Research Faculty Training Award, 2017 - Pres

Recent Publications view all (4)

Publication Co-Authors

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. 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 
2. 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 
3. 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 
4. 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