Jelte Kelchtermans, MD, MTR
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Affiliate Member, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor A of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director, Bioinformatics, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3615 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3615 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Medicine)
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, 2011.
MD
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, 2015.
MSTR (Translational Research – Bioinformatics Concentration)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2023.
Permanent linkBS (Medicine)
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, 2011.
MD
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, 2015.
MSTR (Translational Research – Bioinformatics Concentration)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2023.
Selected Publications
Kelchtermans J, Phinizy P, Piccione J, McGrath-Morrow S.: Lower Respiratory Tract Bacterial Profiles Are Associated With Respiratory Severity and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Neonates. Pediatr Pulmonol 60(11): e71364, Nov 2025.Kelchtermans J, Mentch F, Qu H, McGrath-Morrow SA, Hakonarson H: The impact of prematurity on pediatric asthma morbidity and indices with environmental pollution and genetic susceptibility. Commun Med (Lond) 5(1): 324, Jul 2025.
Kelchtermans J, Collaco JM, Qu H, Mentch F, McGrath-Morrow SA, Hakonarson H: Sex-specific spirometry effects of adult COPD polygenic score in children with asthma. Sci Rep 15(1): 11258, Apr 2025.
Kelchtermans J, March ME, Mentch F, Qu H, Liu Y, Nguyen K, Hakonarson H: Genetic modifiers of asthma response to air pollution in children: An African ancestry GWAS and PM2.5 polygenic risk score study. Environ Res 267(1): 120666, Feb 2025.
Kelchtermans J, Allen J, Bhandari A: PM2.5 exposure and household income are associated with lung function abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Pulmonol 59(12): 3419-3425, Dec 2024.
Leon C, Martin A, Young LR, Aoyama BC, Rice JL, Kelchtermans J, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow SA: Outpatient inhaled corticosteroid use in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Pulmonol 59(11): 2815-2822, Nov 2024.
Rice JL, Kelchtermans J, Li N, Li Y, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow S: Indoor air pollution increases during wildfires for children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Pulmonol 59(10): 2708-2710, Oct 2024.
Kelchtermans J, March ME, Hakonarson H, McGrath-Morrow SA: Phenotype wide association study links bronchopulmonary dysplasia with eosinophilia in children. Sci Rep 14(1): 21391, Sep 2024.
Kelchtermans J, Mentch F, Hakonarson H: Ambient air pollution sensitivity and severity of pediatric asthma. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 34(5): 853-860, Sep 2024.
Kelchtermans J, Aoyama BC, Rice JL, Martin A, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow SA: Ambient Air Pollution and Outpatient Morbidities in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Ann Am Thorac Soc 21(1): 88-93, Jan 2024.