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Jennifer M. Kalish, MD, PhD
Dr. Kalish's research focuses on understanding the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that contribute to the predisposition to cancer that is characteristic of pediatric patients with rare imprinted gene disorders, including the overgrowth disorder Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS).
E-mail: kalishj@chop.edu
Mrigendra Karmacharya, PhD
Dr. Karmacharya is a biomedical researcher who works in the field of therapeutic ultrasound.
E-mail: karmacharm@chop.edu
Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD
Dr. Kassam-Adams’ current research focuses on data sharing and data harmonization in traumatic stress research, and on the development and evaluation of tools that enable trauma-informed and family-centered care in pediatric health settings. Current National Institutes of Health-funded projects include an eHealth tool incorporating game-based screening of child symptoms and functioning, and online training for providers in non-pediatric emergency departments.
E-mail: adamsn@chop.edu
Lorraine L. Katz, MD
Dr. Katz’s investigates the sequelae of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in youth. Her research involves the intersection of sleep, obesity, and glucose intolerance and prevention of cardiovascular risk. Her studies have led to the evaluation of quantitative tools important for assessment of metabolic risk in youth.
E-mail: katzl@chop.edu
Daniel P. Kelly, MD
Dr. Kelly’s research career began with deciphering the genetic basis of inborn errors in metabolism in children, followed by a series of breakthrough discoveries relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of common forms of heart failure in the general population.
E-mail: dankelly@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Judith R. Kelsen, MD
Dr. Kelsen’s research focus is on the genetic, immunologic, and microbiomic causes of very early onset inflammatory bowel disease. Through a multidisciplinary team approach, Dr. Kelsen and her colleagues perform genetic sequencing to identify causative genetic variants in children with VEO-IBD, study the function of these variants, and use this information to improve the clinical outcomes for these children.
E-mail: kelsen@chop.edu
Benjamin C. Kennedy, MD
Dr. Kennedy's current research focuses on epilepsy genetics and epilepsy surgery, including stereo-EEG, hemispherotomy, corpus callosotomy, and vagal nerve stimulation.
E-mail: kennedybc@chop.edu
Chén C. Kenyon, MD, MSHP
Dr. Kenyon's research focuses on integrating care systems and reducing outcome disparities for children with asthma. His recent work focuses on developing novel interventions to enhance asthma controller medication use in the highest risk children by leveraging mobile health technology and incentives oriented to the child.
E-mail: kenyonc@chop.edu
Ron Keren, MD, PhD
Dr. Keren’s research focuses on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of treatments for common problems in general pediatrics, including the prediction and prevention of newborn hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice) and kernicterus (a complication of jaundice), the therapeutic and radiological management of children with urinary tract infections, and the epidemiology and economics of influenza.
E-mail: keren@chop.edu
Leslie S. Kersun, MD, MSCE, MSEd
Dr. Kersun has a strong interest in trainee education and collaborates with colleagues at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and other institutions to develop innovative methods of teaching various topics in oncology. She also engages in collaborative research related to the communication of difficult news to patients.
E-mail: segall@chop.edu
Sudha K. Kessler, MD, MSCE
Dr. Kessler is interested in the epileptic mechanisms of the human brain, specifically in children and the effect that transcranial magnetic stimulation has on those neural processes.
E-mail: kesslers@chop.edu
Todd J. Kilbaugh, MD
Todd Kilbaugh, MD, is an anesthesiologist and pediatric intensivist with the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, medical director of the ECMO Center, and director of the Resuscitation Science Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
E-mail: kilbaugh@chop.edu
John Knab
Leads and evolves the technology and support services provided by Research Information Services to the Research Institute.
E-mail: knabj@chop.edu
Carol Knightly, AuD, CCC-A
Dr. Carol Knightly is the director of the Center for Childhood Communication at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research areas of interest are hearing loss and 22q11.2 deletion.
E-mail: knightly@chop.edu
Thomas F. Kolon, MD
Dr. Kolon is an expert in the care of children with genital disorders and renal/bladder/prostate cancers. His expertise in pediatric urologic oncology includes optimizing organ-sparing surgery and preservation of fertility in oncology patients.
E-mail: kolon@chop.edu
Eiki Koyama, DDS, PhD
Dr. Koyama's research focuses on Hereditary Multiple Exostoses (HME), a genetic disorder that causes the development of multiple benign tumors on the surface of the metaphyses of long bones. Based on his extensive knowledge of the normal processes of skeletal development and growth, Dr. Koyama's research aims to clarify the molecular mechanisms of HME formation and growth.
E-mail: koyamae@chop.edu
John Krall, LCSW
Responsible for the administrative leadership of the Center for Human Phenomic Science.
E-mail: krallj@chop.edu
Ian D. Krantz, MD
Dr. Krantz's lab identifies and characterizes the molecular etiology of syndromic and non-syndromic developmental disorders. He has identified genes for several genetic conditions (Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, CHOPS syndrome, Alagille syndrome, hearing loss) implicating critical molecular pathways in human disorders for the first time. He has been at the forefront of studying the integration of genomics into clinical settings.
E-mail: krantz@chop.edu
Sriram Krishnaswamy, PhD
Dr. Krishnaswamy studies molecular mechanisms underlying the reactions of blood coagulation. His laboratory investigates how the proteins of blood coagulation interact with each other and with membranes to yield a regulated clotting response to vascular injury or an unregulated response in thrombotic or bleeding disease.
E-mail: krishnaswamy@chop.edu
Lauren Krivitzky, PhD, ABPP-CN
Dr. Krivitzky's research focuses on cognitive, behavioral, and social outcomes in pediatric stroke and related vascular conditions. She also has an interest in studying outcomes in children and adults with inborn errors of metabolism.
E-mail: krivitzkyl@chop.edu
Brandon C. Ku, MD
Dr. Ku's research focuses on quality improvement in pediatric emergency medicine as well as clinical standards with implementation of clinical decision support to improve patient care.
E-mail: kub@chop.edu
Shekhar Kumar, PhD
Dr. Kumar's research focuses on structure and function of proteins in blood coagulation. Using a coupled structural and biochemical approach, his lab studies molecular mechanisms underlying coagulation with a goal to understand how the tertiary structure determines the function of coagulation proteins
E-mail: kumars@chop.edu
Peter Kurre, MD
Dr. Kurre's laboratory has longstanding expertise in Fanconi Anemia (FA), a genetic condition with prominent hematologic complications. With training in transplantation and hematopoietic stem cell biology, he hopes to improve the understanding of the progressive hematopoietic failure in patients with bone marrow failure and FA, broaden diagnostic approaches, and develop next generation therapies.
E-mail: kurrep@chop.edu
C. Dean Kurth, MD
Dr. Kurth is a physician-scientist-leader in pediatric anesthesiology, quality and safety, and pediatric healthcare. He has experience conducting basic, clinical, and translational research studies as well as quality improvement projects to investigate clinical problems and develop technologies to understand the problem and devise therapies to prevent or treat it.
E-mail: kurthcd@chop.edu
