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Kelly C. Wade, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.E.

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Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)
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Attending Neonatologist, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Attending Neonatologist, CHOP Newborn Care at Pennsylvania Hospital
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Associate Director, Therapeutics, CHOP Newborn Care at Pennsylvania Hospital
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Department: Pediatrics
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Newborn Care
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21 9 B.S. 19 (Biochemistry) c
38 University of California, Davis, 1989.
21 9 M.S. 15 (Genetics) c
30 Yale School of Medicine, 1993.
21 a Ph.D. 15 (Genetics) c
30 Yale School of Medicine, 1996.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
30 Yale School of Medicine, 1997.
21 d M.S.C.E. 34 (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
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Description of Research Expertise

4e Neonatal Pharmacology, population PK, and neonatal drug dosing
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Description of Clinical Expertise

35 Medication Safety in the Neonatal ICU
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Selected Publications

162 Boutzoukas AE, Le J, Kilpatrick R, Smith MJ, Laughon M, Gonzalez D, Wade KC, Greenberg RG, Babilonia-Rosa M, Benjamin DK Jr, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Zimmerman KO.: Evaluating the duration of post-discontinuation therapeutic ampicillin exposures in preterm infants. J Perinatol Mar 2026.

f3 Coggins SA, Wade KC, Watt KM, Downes KJ, Puopolo KM.: Vancomycin Concentrations in Umbilical Cord Blood After Intrapartum Exposure. Obstet Gynecol 145: 435-438, Apr 2025.

11f Coggins SA, Wade KC, Watt KM, Downes KJ, Puopolo KM: Umbilical cord blood gentamicin concentrations following maternally-administered intrapartum exposures. Pediatr Res Oct 2024 Notes: Peer reviewed correspondence.

11c Coggins, S.A., Wade, K.C., Watt, K.M., Downes KJ, Puopolo KM.: Umbilical cord blood gentamicin concentrations following maternally-administered intrapartum exposures. Pediatric Research Page: ePub, October 2024.

1e1 Wade KC, Greenberg RG, Benjamin DK Jr, Chen LL, Vo B, Ang BL, Boutzoukas A, Zimmerman K, Clark RH, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Le J; Administrative Core Committee of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act – Pediatric Trials Network.: Postdiscontinuation Antibiotic Exposure in Hospitalized Infants at Risk for Late-onset Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatr Infect Dis J 43(10): 991-996, Oct 2024.

19c Flannery DD, Zevallos Barboza A, Mukhopadhyay S, Gerber JS, McDonough M, Shu D, Hennessy S, Wade KC, Puopolo KM.: Antibiotic use among extremely low birth-weight infants from 2009 to 2021: a retrospective observational study. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 110: doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326734. Sep 2024 Notes: epub ahead of print.

110 Flannery DD, Zevallos Barboza A, Mukhopadhyay S, Wade KC, Gerber JS, Shu D, Puopolo KM.: Antibiotic Use Among Infants Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units. JAMA Pediatr 177: 1354-1356, Dec 2023.

110 Flannery DD, Zevallos Barboza A, Wade KC, Pfeifer MR, Gerber JS, Morris JS, Puopolo KM.: Measles Serostatus Among Parturient Patients at 2 Philadelphia Hospitals in 2021. JAMA 329: 682-684, Feb 2023.

143 Mukhopadhyay S, Lee JJ, Hartman E, Woodford E, Dhudasia MB, Mattei LM, Daniel SG, Wade KC, Underwood MA, Bittinger K.: Preterm infants at low risk for early-onset sepsis differ in early fecal microbiome assembly. Gut Microbes 14: e2154091, Dec 2022.

163 Mukhopadhyay S, Itell HL, Hartman E, Woodford E, Dhudasia MB, Steppe JT, Valencia S, Roark H, Wade KC, Weimer KED, Permar SR, Puopolo KM.: Breast Milk and Saliva for Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Screening among Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J 41: 904-910, Nov 2022.

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