Juan D. Matute, MD
About Juan D. Matute, MD
Titles
Attending Neonatologist, Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit (N/IICU) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Investigator, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
Certifications
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
General Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2023, HMS Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership (DICP) Faculty Fellowship (Research in mucosal immunology), Harvard Medical School
2023, Creating Opportunities for Underrepresented Researchers to Achieve Growth and Excellence Program Scholarship
2023, MGH Physician and/or Scientist Development Award, Massachusetts General Hospital
2015, Pediatric Scientist Development Program Award, The Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC)
2013, Trainee Travel Award for Excellence, Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) Alumni Association
Leadership and Memberships
2024-Present, Necrotizing Enterocolitis Society
2016-Present, Society of Mucosal Immunology
2010-Present, American Academy of Pediatrics
2010-Present, American Physician Scientist Association
2010-Present, Massachusetts Medical Society
Editorial and Academic Positions
2024-Present, Associate editor, Inflammation
2024-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics
2023-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, Acta Paediatrica
2023-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, Pediatric Drugs
2023-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, Early Human Development
2023-2024, Ad hoc reviewer, Inflammation
2022, Ad hoc reviewer, Viruses
2021-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Neonatal Medicine
2021-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, Pediatrics
2014-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, Pediatric Research
Research Interests
Our team studies how early-life host-environment interactions, especially those involving diet and microbiota, affect the intestine under normal conditions, and how disturbances in these processes can contribute to intestinal inflammatory conditions like necrotizing enterocolitis and inflammatory bowel disease and systemic inflammatory diseases such as obesity.
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Universidad de Antioquia (Medicine), Medellin, Colombia
Residency
Resident, General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Research Fellow, Pediatrics/Neutrophil Biology and Inflammation, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Fellow, Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Research Fellow, Mucosal Immunology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Additional Training
Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program, Quality Improvement, Mass General Brigham