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
Katharine P Callahan, Ellen W Clayton, Amy A Lemke, Bimal P Chaudhari, Tara L Wenger f, Allison N J Lyle, Kyle B Brothers d: Applying Genetic Information to NICU Care: Promise and Perils. Oral presentation, 32nd Annual Neonatology Conference at the Hotel Hershey March 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.
Callahan KP, Narva A, Stoller JZ, Fiester A: Beyond the question: reexamining a parent’s unusual request. Pediatrics Online ahead of print. , June 2024.
Katharine Press Callahan, John Flibotte, Cara Skraban, Katherine Taylor Wild, Steven Joffe, David Munson, Chris Feudtner,: How Neonatologists Use Genetic Information. Oral presentation,– Ethics Rounds, Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas May 2024.
Callahan KP, Laberge AM, Lantos JD: Neonatal genome sequencing: Therapeutic and prognostic implications, and measuring it all. Oral abstract, International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation & Canadian Bioethics Society, Montreal, Canada May 2024.
Bamat NA, Lorch SA, Huber M, Passarella M, Morris H, Gibbs KA, Zhang H, Jensen EA, Callahan KP, Fierro JL, Devine CM, DeMauro SB: Comparative effects of center tracheostomy timing on hospital outcomes among infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in United States children’s hospitals. Oral presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada April 2024.
Laventhal N, Fanaroff J, Kukora S, Williams H, Brothers K, Pyle A, Tylor J, Derrington S, Levine D, Andrist E, Henderson C, Callahan KP, Arnolds M: Hot Topics in Pediatric Bioethics—Genetic testing in the NICU: Information Management. Post graduate workshop, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada April 2024.
Katharine P Callahan, Ellen W Clayton, Amy A Lemke, Bimal P Chaudhari, Tara L Wenger, Allison N J Lyle, Kyle B Brothers: Ethical and Legal Issues Surrounding Genetic Testing in the NICU. NeoReviews Mar 2024.
Katharine Press Callahan, Kathryn Farrell, Kathleen Gibbs, Matthew Kielt, Heidi Morris, Kathleen Nilan, Sarah Thomas, Sara Demauro : Childhood Outcomes Following Discharge from a Referral Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Program. J Perinatology Feb 2024.
Katharine P. Callahan, David Munson, Chris Feudtner: A Cure for Prognostic Pessimism Among Neonatologists. JAMA Network Open Feb 2024.