Juan C. Celedón, MD, DrPH, is chief of service in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Celedón is also the Niels K. Jerne professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and a professor of epidemiology and human genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. He is board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine, and pulmonary disease.

Dr. Celedón received his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. He served an internship in internal medicine at Lincoln Hospital, a residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Medicine at Brown University Hospitals. Following his clinical training, he completed a research fellowship in Respiratory Diseases at the Channing Laboratory of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, while also obtaining a doctoral degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Celedón’s research goals are to identify genetic and environmental determinants of airway diseases, particularly in racial and ethnic minorities. He leads NIH-funded projects on the “omics” and epidemiology of asthma and has authored or co-authored more than 360 publications. His work as a physician-scientist has been recognized by organizations and institutions in the U.S. and abroad. In appreciation of his scientific contributions, he was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Pediatric Society, and the Association of American Physicians. He has received the Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovations in Health Equality, and the John M. Peters Award from the American Thoracic Society (ATS). In 2020, Celedón became the first Latino and the first faculty member from the University of Pittsburgh to serve as ATS President since the society was founded in 1905.

View the full list of Dr. Celedón’s publications on PubMed.