Michael Cellucci, MD

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Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Medical Director, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Spina Bifida Program
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, Pa 19104
Office: 215-590-2483
Education:
BA (Biological Sciences)
University of Delaware, 2000.
MD
Thomas Jefferson Medical College, 2004.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Dr. Cellucci is a complex care pediatrician at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the Division of General Pediatrics. He is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Cellucci is also the medical director of the Spina Bifida program at CHOP and leads the CHOP Spina Bifida Transition Program which is designed to prepare and support adolescents and young adults with spina bifida as they move from pediatric to adult care. Dr. Cellucci works in the outpatient COMPASS program at CHOP where he participates in the care of children with medical complexity and additionally works with the inpatient teams caring for these children.

Selected Publications

Cellucci M: Dehydration in Children. Merck Manual 2024.

Kain C, Cellucci M.: Treatment of peritoneal ascites with subcutaneous octreotide injections in a pediatric patient with Hennekam syndrome: a case report. 2024 ACCP Annual Meeting Poster presentation, Phoenix, AZ 2024.

Courtney Kain, PharmD, Michael Cellucci, MD: Treatment Of Peritoneal Ascites With Subcutaneous Octreotide Injections In A Patient With Hennekam Syndrome. 2nd Annual Nemours Children’s Health Research Week, Wilmington, DE, Poster Presentation 2023.

Berman L, Baird R, Sant'Anna A, Rosen R, Petrini M, Cellucci M, Fuchs L, Costa J, Lester J, Stevens J, Morrow M, Jaszczyszyn D, Amaral J, Goldin A: Gastrostomy Tube Use in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics 149(6): e2021055213, June 2022.

Cellucci M: Dehydration in Children. Merck Manual 2022.

Cellucci M: Dehydration in Children. Merck Manual 2021.

Shenoy A, Spyropoulos D, Peeke K, Smith D, Cellucci M, Chidekel A: Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Infant and Laboratory Factors Affecting Successful Sweat Test Completion. Int J Neonatal Screen 7(1): 1, December 2020.

Cellucci M: Dehydration in Children. Merck Manual 2019.

Cellucci M: Newborn Screening. Nemours website, sponsored by the Delaware Division of Public Health 2019 Notes: Involved in creating and participating in an educational video.

Shenoy A, Peeke K, Tullis K, Cellucci M, Chidekal A: Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in Delaware. Dela J Public Health 4(3): 44-51, May 2018.

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