Penn Medicine Provider
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Celeste P. Durnwald, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 15 to 65
Penn Ob/Gyn - Helen O. Dickens Center for Women's Health
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About me

  • Medical Director, High Risk OB Clinic, Dickens Center for Women's Health
  • Director, Penn Perinatal Diabetes Program
  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Patients seen by this provider for their prenatal care will deliver at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Durnwald specializes in diabetes in pregnancy (type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes). She sees patients for consultative care and ongoing co-management of diabetes, prenatal care and preconceptional counseling.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northeastern Ohio University - College of Medicine
  • Residency: Summa Health System Hospital
  • Fellowship: MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Durnwald is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Scott K, Ledyard RF, Darden N, Durnwald C, Handley SC, Nelin TD, Power M, Sinclair TR, Burris HH. Postpartum care receipt among parents of preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. , Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM., 7(5): 2025

Tienhoven XAV, Zafman K, Bender WR, Durnwald C. Hemoglobin A1c among patients without diabetes and risk of large for gestational age neonates. , Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM.: 2025

Szmuilowicz ED, Durnwald C, Feig DS. Practical Approach to Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Interpretation and Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) Use in Pregnancy: Considerations for Obstetric Providers. , J Diabetes Sci Technol.: 2025

Burris HH, Darden N, Power M, Walker L, Ledyard R, Reiter J, Lewey J, Trout KK, Tan M, Gregory EF, DeMauro SB, Lorch SA, Christ L, Handley SC, Montoya-Williams D, Durnwald C. Postpartum Care in the Neonatal intensive Care Unit (PeliCaN) - a Randomized Controlled Trial. , Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM.: 2025

Carlson AL, Beck RW, Li Z, Norton E, Bergenstal RM, Johnson M, Dunnigan S, Banfield M, Krumwiede K, Sibayan J, Calhoun P, Durnwald C. Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Measured Glucose Levels During Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing in Pregnancy. , Diabetes Technol Ther.: 2025

Prior AK, Dolin CD, Bender W, Durnwald CP, Hamm RF. Utilization of a Postpartum Fasting Blood Glucose to Predict Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. , Am J Perinatol., 42(6): 2025

Richterman A, Aitcheson N, Durnwald C, Curley C, Short WR, Louis MJ, Momplaisir F, Thirumurthy H Mental Bandwidth is Associated with HIV and Viral Suppression Among Low-Income Women in Philadelphia. , AIDS Behav., 29(2):556-561: 2025

Sarker M, Jacobs MB, Boggess K, Battarbee AN, Refuerzo J, Zork N, Eichelberger K, Durnwald C, Landon M, Aagaard K, Wallace K, Scifres C, Longo S, Stuebe A, Ramos GA. Breastfeeding patterns among parturients with diabetes: a secondary analysis of the MOMPOD randomized clinical trial. , Pregnancy (Hoboken)., 1(1): 2025

Prior AK, Dolin C, Bender WR, Durnwald C, Hamm RF Effects of implementing a routine postpartum fasting blood glucose on the completion of the gold standard 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test in gestational diabetics. , Am J Perinatol., 41(16):2284-2289: 2024

Patel M, Battarbee AN, Refuerzo JS, Zork N, Eichelberger K, Ramos GA, Olson G, Durnwald C, Landon MB, Aagaard KM, Wallace K, Scifres C, Rosen T, Mulla W, Valent A, Longo S, Boggess KA Association Between Metformin Use in Early Gestational or Type 2 Diabetes in Pregnancy and Preterm Preeclampsia. , Obstet Gynecol, 144(5):733-739: 2024