Kelly Wolenberg Harris MD MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,  Division of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Kelly W. Harris, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and an attending physician in the Division of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Harris received a BA with Honors in both Religious Studies and Biology from the University of Chicago, and she received an MD with a Certificate in Biomedical Ethics from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and her fellowship training in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She subsequently obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Research during a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Harris aims through her research to improve the long-term health and well-being of families impacted by prenatal diagnoses of serious illness. Her current focus is on understanding and optimizing clinician-parent communication at the time of a prenatal diagnosis of complex congenital heart disease.