Katharine Press Callahan, MD, MSME

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor A of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
2nd Floor Main Hospital
Philadelphoia, PA 19014
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
2nd Floor Main Hospital
Philadelphoia, PA 19014
Education:
AB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Princeton University, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2016.
MSME (Ethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2023.
Permanent linkAB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Princeton University, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2016.
MSME (Ethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2023.
Selected Publications
Callahan KP, Martin AE, Cetin A, Church PT, Guttmann KF, Duncan AF: Parental Perspectives on Development in Extremely Preterm Children. J Peds April 2025.Callahan KP: Unrest. NEJM 2025.
Schwartz KE, Callahan KP, Crew K, Williams MS, Feudtner C. : Parenting Without a Template: Developing Parental Identity in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics 2025.
Krick JA, Rholl EL, Callahan KP, Harris KW, Weiss EM. : Uncertainties in the NICU: A Scoping Review to Inform a Tailored Taxonomy. J Perinatol. 2025.
Callahan KP, Mueller R, Joffe S, Skraban C, Spinner NB, Crew K, Clapp J, Munson D, Feudtner C.: Parents’ Perceptions of the Utility of Genetic Testing in the NICU. Genet Med. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101393. 2025.
Schwartz KE, Callahan KP, Crew K, Williams MS, Feudtner C. : Parenting Without a Template: Developing Parental Identity in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics 2025.
Callahan KP, Mueller R, Joffe S, Skraban C, Spinner NB, Crew K, Wild KT, Clapp J, Feudtner C. : How Neonatologists Use Genetic Information. J Peds. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114508. 2025.
Callahan KP, Katheria AC, Luu MT, Pearce R, Janvier A. : Integrating parent voices into research at the extremes of prematurity: what are we doing and where should we go? J Perinatol. Nov 1; Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02165-1. 2025.
Callahan KP, Mueller R, Crew K, Brothers K, Munson D, Joffe S, Feudtner C. : Frequency and Reasons that Parents Decline Genetic Testing for Critically Ill Neonates. Genet Med Open. 2024. Dec 2. doi: 10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101896 2025.
Katharine Press Callahan, Matthew J Kielt, Chris Feudtner, Darlene Barkman, Nicolas Bamat, Julie Fierro, Elizabeth Fiest, Sara B DeMauro : Parent-Important Outcomes in BPD. Oral presentation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Chronic Lung Disease Conference 2025.