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Katharine P. Callahan, MD, MSME

Katharine P. Callahan, MD, MSME

Katharine P. Callahan, MD, MSME

Katharine P. Callahan, MD, MSME, is an attending physician in the Division of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Locations: Main Building


215-590-1653

1-800-590-2160

About Katharine P. Callahan, MD, MSME

Titles

Attending Physician

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Awards and Honors

2021, NHGRI Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) Scholar
2020, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Travel Grant Awardee 
2020, Women in Neonatology (AAP Section) Travel Grant Awardee
2020, Neonatology Fellows Research Fund Recipient, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2019, Edward Curnen Prize for Compassion and Humanity in Medicine
2019, Distinguished Research in Clinical Science, Columbia University Residency Forum
2016, Helen and Harold Harrison Prize for Outstanding Proficiency in Pediatrics
2016, Alpha Omega Alpha
2011, Departmental High Honors, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2011, Sigma Xi
2011, Phi Beta Kappa

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2021-present, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
2015-present, American College of Medical Genetics
2015-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
 - 2021-present, Trainee and Early Career Neonatologist (TECaN) Ethics Group, Co-Director

Editorial and Academic Positions

Academic and Institutional Committees

2022-present, Ethics Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2022-present, Children’s Hospital Neonatal Consortium Genomics Focus Group
2021-present, NHGRI Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG)
2021-present, NICU Pink Flags Initiative for Addressing Moral Distress Early
2021-present, NICU Bereavement Committee
2020-present, Ethics Committee

Education & training

Graduate Degree

MSME in Ethics - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Medical Degree

MD - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Internship

Pediatrics - Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY

Residency

Pediatrics - Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY

Fellowship

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Chief Fellow)
Ethical Legal and Social Implications of Genetics and Genomics - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2024

Callahan KP, Munson D, Feudtner C. A cure for Prognostic Pessimism Among Neonatologists. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(2):e240525. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0525

Callahan KP, Clayton EW, Lemke AA, Chaudhari BP, Wenger TL, Lyle AN, Brother KB. Ethical and Legal Issues Surrounding Genetic Testing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. NeoReviews. 2024. 25(3): e127-e138. doi: 10.1542/neo.25-3-e127

Callahan KP, Farrell K, Gibbs K, Kielt MJ, Morris H, Nilan K, Thomas S, Demauro S. Childhood Outcomes Following Discharge from a Referral Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Program. J Perinatology. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02035-w

Callahan KP, Narva A, Stoller JZ, Fiester A. Beyond the question: reexamining a parent’s unusual request. Pediatrics. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-064954.

2023

Callahan KP. Discarding Information. JAMA. 2023;330(16):1527-1528. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.19005

Wojcik MH, Callahan KP, Brunelli L, El-Hassan N, Gogcu S, Murthy K, Rumpel J, Wambach JA, Suhrie K, Fishler K, Chaudhari B. Provision and Availability of Genomic Medicine Services in Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Genet Med. 2023. Oct; 25;20: 100926. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2023.100926.

Lenahan A, Mietzsch U, Wood TR, Callahan KP, Weiss EM, Miller DE, German K, Natarajan N, Puia-Dumitrescu M, Esposito V, Kolnik S, Law JB. Characteristics, Genetic Testing, and Diagnoses of Infants with Neonatal Encephalopathy Not Due Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy - A Cohort Study. J Pediatr. 2023. Jun 1;260:113533. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113533.

Callahan KP, Kielt MJ, Feudtner C, Barkman D, Bamat N, Fierro J, Fiest E, Demauro SB. Parents’ Importance Ratings of Outcomes in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J Pediatr. 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113455. Online ahead of print.

Layman A and Callahan KP, Nathanson P, Lechtenberg L, Hill D, Feudtner C. Simple Interventions for Pediatric Residents’ Moral Distress: A randomized, controlled experiment. Pediatrics. 2023. 1;151(6). doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-060269.

Mueller R, Lee BM, Callahan KP. Managing prognosis in precision medicine: Utility, imagination, and communication. Children. 2023. 10(4), 644. doi: 10.3390/children10040664.

Scheinerman N, Callahan KP. Legal Discrepancies and Expectations of Women: Abortion, Fetal Therapy, and NICU Care. Hasting Center Report. 2023; 53(2). doi: 10.1002/hast.1472.

2022

Callahan KP, Radack J, Wojcik MH, Jenkins SM, Nye RT, Skraban C, Wild KT, Feudtner C. Hospital-Level Variation in Genetic Testing in Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Intensive Care Units from 2016 to 2021. Genet Med. 2022; 25(3): 100357. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.12.004.

Callahan KP, Taha D, Dewitt A, Munson D, Behringer K, Feudtner C. Clinician Distress with Treatments at the Frontier of Mortality. J Pediatr. 2022;S0022-3476(22)00814-9. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.09.013. 

Callahan KP, Mueller R, Flibotte J, et al. Measures of Utility Among Studies of Genomic Medicine for Critically Ill Infants: A Systematic Review. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(8):e2225980. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25980

Callahan KP, Flibotte J, Skraban C, et al. Influence of Genetic Information on Neonatologists’ Decisions: A Psychological Experiment. Pediatrics. Published online February 16, 2022:e2021052130. doi:10.1542/peds.2021-052130

Callahan KP, Flibotte J, Skraban C, et al. How neonatologists use genetic testing: findings from a national survey. J Perinatol. 2022;42(2):260-261. doi:10.1038/s41372-021-01283-4

Callahan KP, Feudtner C. Genetic Testing Is Messier in Practice than in Theory: Lessons from Neonatology. Am J Bioeth. 2022;22(2):37-39. doi:10.1080/15265161.2021.2013978

2021

Strong A and Callahan KP, Guo R, Ron H, Zackai EH. X-Autosome translocations: X-inactivation and effect on phenotype. Clin Dysmorphol. 2021;30(4):186-188. doi:10.1097/MCD.0000000000000381

Callahan KP, Salazar EG. Finding Light in the Uncertain. Acad Med. 2021;96(9):1281. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004204

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters

2022

McGarry LM, Callahan KP. Disorders of the Nervous System (Chapter 98). In: Tenney-Soeiro R, Devon EP. Netter’s Pediatrics (2nd Edition). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2022. 585-590.

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