Pelton Phinizy, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship, Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy Center, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Bronchoscopy Consult Service, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
14th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
14th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3749
Education:
B.S. (Brain, Behavior & Cognitive Sciences)
University of Michigan, 2006.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2010.
Permanent linkB.S. (Brain, Behavior & Cognitive Sciences)
University of Michigan, 2006.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2010.
Selected Publications
Aoife Corcoran, Antoinette Wannes-Daou, Lauren Grant, A. J. Katz, Joseph Piccione, Pelton Phinizy, Ryan Ruiz, Conor Devine, Duy T. Dao, Thomas E. Hamilton, Michael A. Manfredi: Endoscopic tracheoesophageal fistula closure—Electrocautery combined with esophageal clip application in pediatric patients in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition has the following publication status. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2026.Shilpa Sonti, Abiud Cantu, Manuel Cantu Guttierez, Connor Leek, Phinizy Pelton, Erik A Jensen, Krithika Lingappan: Patient-Derived Lung Organoids from Bronchoalveolar Lavage Capture Epithelial Heterogeneity and Disease Biology in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Redox Biology 2026.
Carmen Leon-Astudillo, Moshe Y Prero, Fei J Dy, Jacob Kaslow, Holly Hoa Vo, Tori Endres, Ina St Onge, Pelton Phinizy, Karan Kumar, Stephen Kirkby, Iris A Perez, Jane E Gross, Caroline U A Okorie: ATS Pediatric Core Curriculum 2024: The Role of the Pediatric Pulmonologist in the Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Pulmonology Oct 2025.
Alexander I Gipsman MD a , Lauren M C Grant MD a , Prof Joseph C Piccione DO a e , Nadir Yehya MD b , Char Witmer MD c , Lisa R Young MD a e , Antoinette Wannes Daou MD a , Abhay Srinivasan MD d , Pelton A Phinizy MD a: Management of severe acute pulmonary haemorrhage in children. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 9(5), May 2025.
Kelchtermans J, Phinizy P, Piccione J, McGrath-Morrow SA: Lower Respiratory Tract Bacterial Profiles Are Associated With Respiratory Severity and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Neonates in Pediatric Pulmonology. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025.
Alex Katz, Bhavesh Patel, Vanessa Mazandi, Lauren Grant, Aoife Corcoran, Pelton Phinizy, Antoinette Wannes Daou, Garrett Keim, Paula Magee, Myron Allukian III, Todd Killbaugh, Sin Tran, Adam Himebauch, Joseph Piccione, Kumaran Senthil: Endobronchial valves for severe air leak in critically ill children with necrotizing pneumonia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Perfusion 2025.
Lauren M.C. Grant, Emily Collins, Karen B. Zur, Rosara Bass, Pelton A. Phinizy, Joseph Piccione: Exposures and coexisting conditions in pediatric nodular tracheobronchitis. Pediatric Pulmonology November 2024.
Aoife Corcoran, Laura Finn, Joseph Piccione, Pelton Phinizy: CT Navigation Guided Transparenchymal Nodule Biopsy In Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Lesions. Pediatric Pulmonology 59(7): 2012-2014, July 2024.
A Corcoran, D Shore, R P Boesch, M Chopra, S Das, D DiBardino, S Goldfarb, A Haas, E Hysinger, P Phinizy, A Vicencio, J Toth, J Piccione: Practices And Perspectives on Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Bronchoscopy Among Pediatric Pulmonologists In The United States. Pediatric Pulmonology 59(6): 1708-1715, June 2024.
Lauren M.C. Grant, Katherine Maietta, Aoife Corcoran, Pelton A. Phinizy, Joesph Piccione: Measures of Tracheomalacia in Children Undergoing Flexible Bronchoscopy. Abstract submitted to American Thoracic Society 2024 International Conference in San Diego, CA, USA. Accepted to a poster presentation session. May 2024.