Celeste P. Durnwald

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Additional Appointment Titles

• Attending, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
• Attending, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Director, High Risk OB Clinic, Dickens Center for Women’s Health, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Director, Perinatal Diabetes Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Attending, Gynecology & Neonatology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
• Associate Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

Education

• BS (Integrated Life Sciences)
  Kent State University, 1993.
• MD
  Northeastern Ohio Universities, 1997.

Post-Graduate Training

• Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Summa Health System, Akron, OH, 1997-2001.
• Fellow, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 2001-2004.

Description of Research Expertise

Areas of research interest include: 1) diabetes in pregnancy, 2) obesity,3) maternal metabolism

Selected Publications

Szmuilowicz ED, Barbour L, Brown FM, Durnwald C, Feig DS, O’Malley G, Polsky S, Aleppo G: Continuous Glucose Monitoring Metrics for Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetes: Critical Appraisal of Current Evidence. J Diabetes Sci Technol 18(4):819-834, Jul 2024 REVIEW OR PEER REV REVIEW?

Durnwald C, Beck RW, Li Z, Norton E, Bergenstal RM, Johnson M, Dunnigan S, Banfield M, Krumwiede K, Sibayan J, Calhoun P, Carlson A: Continuous Glucose Monitoring Profiles in Pregnancies With and Without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care May 2024 Online ahead of print.

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 Apr 2024 Online ahead of print.

Sinclair T, Ledyard R, Scott K, Nelin TD, Power M, Darden N, Norton E, Durnwald C, Burris HH: NICU Parents with Gestational Diabetes are Missing Postpartum Type 2 Diabetes Screening. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada May 2024.

Carlson AL, Beck RW, Li Z, Norton E, Bergenstal RM, Johnson M, Dunnigan S, Banfield M, Krumwiede KJ, Sibayan JR, Calhoun P, Durnwald C: Glucose levels measured with continuous glucose monitoring in uncomplicated pregnancies. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 12(3):e003989, May 2024.

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. medRxiv Preprint, Mar 2024.

Huang TS, Rosales O, Durnwald CP, Dolin CD: Feasibility and Acceptability of Home-Delivered Medically Tailored Meals for Treatment of Diabetes in Pregnancy. J Nutr 154(2):777-784, Feb 2024.

Patel M, Battarbee AN, Refuerzo J, Zork N, Eichelberger K, Ramos G, Olson G, Durnwald C, Landon MB, Aagaard KM, Wallace K, Scifres C, Rosen TJ, Mulla W, Valent AM, Longo S, Boggess K: Relationship between metformin use and preterm preeclampsia in pregnancies with type 2 diabetes. Oral Presentation, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 44th Annual Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland Feb 2024.

Bender W and Durnwald C: Use of postpartum text-based support platform is not associated with breastfeeding outcomes. Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 44th Annual Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland Feb 2024.

Zafman K, Van Tienhoven X, Bender W, Durnwald C: Hemoglobin A1c among patients without diabetes and risk of large for gestational age neonates. Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 44th Annual Meeting, National Habor, Maryland Feb 2024.