Neonatology and Newborn Services
Kelly Wade, MD
Independent provider
Sees newborns through age 1 month
Neonatology and Newborn Services Pennsylvania Hospital

About me

  • Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University
  • Residency: Children's Hospital of Boston
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Wade is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Coggins SA, Wade KC, Watt KM, Downes KJ, Puopolo KM. Vancomycin Concentrations in Umbilical Cord Blood After Intrapartum Exposure , Obstet Gynecol, 145: 2025,435-438


Coggins SA, Wade KC, Watt KM, Downes KJ, Puopolo KM Umbilical cord blood gentamicin concentrations following maternally-administered intrapartum exposures , Pediatr Res: 2024


Wade KC, Greenberg RG, Benjamin DK Jr, Chen LL, Vo B, Ang BL, Boutzoukas A, Zimmerman K, Clark RH, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Le J; Administrative Core Committee of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act – Pediatric Trials Network. Postdiscontinuation Antibiotic Exposure in Hospitalized Infants at Risk for Late-onset Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit , Pediatr Infect Dis J, 43(10): 2024,991-996


Flannery DD, Zevallos Barboza A, Mukhopadhyay S, Gerber JS, McDonough M, Shu D, Hennessy S, Wade KC, Puopolo KM. Antibiotic use among extremely low birth-weight infants from 2009 to 2021: a retrospective observational study , Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 110: 2024,doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326734.


Flannery DD, Zevallos Barboza A, Mukhopadhyay S, Wade KC, Gerber JS, Shu D, Puopolo KM. Antibiotic Use Among Infants Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units , JAMA Pediatr, 177: 2023,1354-1356


Flannery DD, Zevallos Barboza A, Wade KC, Pfeifer MR, Gerber JS, Morris JS, Puopolo KM. Measles Serostatus Among Parturient Patients at 2 Philadelphia Hospitals in 2021 , JAMA, 329: 2023,682-684


Mukhopadhyay S, Lee JJ, Hartman E, Woodford E, Dhudasia MB, Mattei LM, Daniel SG, Wade KC, Underwood MA, Bittinger K. Preterm infants at low risk for early-onset sepsis differ in early fecal microbiome assembly , Gut Microbes, 14: 2022, e2154091


Mukhopadhyay S, Itell HL, Hartman E, Woodford E, Dhudasia MB, Steppe JT, Valencia S, Roark H, Wade KC, Weimer KED, Permar SR, Puopolo KM. Breast Milk and Saliva for Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Screening among Very Low Birth Weight Infants , Pediatr Infect Dis J, 41: 2022,904-910


Le J, Greenberg RG, Yoo Y, Clark RH, Benjamin DK Jr, Zimmerman KO, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Wade KC; Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act – Pediatric Trials Network Steering Committee. Ampicillin dosing in premature infants for early-onset sepsis: exposure-driven efficacy, safety, and stewardship , J Perinatol, 42(7): 2022,959-964


Lewis T, Terrin N, Davis J, Michels K, Salaets T, Wade K; International Neonatal Consortium. Inter-rater reliability of the neonatal adverse event severity scale using real-world Neonatal clinical trial data , J Perinatol, 41: 2021,2813