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Katherine Chetta M.D.

Katherine E. Chetta M.D.

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  • Assistant Professor
College
  • College of Medicine
Department
  • Pediatrics
Academic Focus
  • Extremely low birth weight infant nutrition
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Human milk related outcomes
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Biography

Education & Training:

 

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2005, B.S. in Chemistry, Honors
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2009, M.D, AOA and High Honors
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2013, Residency in Pediatrics
University of Texas Health & Science Center, Houston, TX, 2016, Clinical Fellowship in Neonatology

 

My area of expertise includes preterm nutrition and necrotizing enterocolitis. My research pursuits include collaborations in multiple disciplines, including scientists in the Digestive Disease Research Center Core and Darby Children's Research Institute at MUSC. I am honored to serve the critically ill babies of South Carolina.

 

Recent publications: 

1. Chetta KE, Forconi M, Newton DA, Wagner CL, and Baatz JE. HAMLET in human milk is resistant to digestion and carries essential free long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and oleic acid. Food Chemistry 2023 Nov 30:427:136752. PMC10527475

2. Boone N, Bohara B, Rohrer A, Gros M, Gregoski M, Lee K, Wagner C, and Chetta KE. Multi-prong quality improvement approach for increasing mother’s milk use for very low birth weight infants. Journal of Perinatology. December 20, 2023.

3. Newton DA, Baatz JE, Chetta KE, Walker PW, Washington RO, Shary JR, and Wagner CL, (2022), Maternal Vitamin D Status Correlates to Leukocyte Antigenic Responses in Breastfeeding Infants. Nutrients, 14(6):1266.

4. Chetta KE, Newton DA, Wagner CL, Baatz JE. Free fatty acid and α-lactalbumin-oleic acid complexes in preterm human milk are cytotoxic to fetal intestinal cells in vitro. Frontiers in Nutrition. July 5, 2022. PMC9294382. PMID: 35866080