Dr. Celedón is the Niels K. Jerne Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and Division Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at UPMC His research goals are to identify genetic and environmental determinants of airway diseases, particularly in racial/ethnic minorities. Dr. Celedón leads NIH-funded projects on the “omics” and epidemiology of asthma and has authored or co-authored over 390 publications.
Dr. Celedón’s work as a physician-scientist and mentor has been recognized by multiple organizations and institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Celedón was the first faculty member to ever receive both the Young Mentor Award (2005) and the A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award (2010) from Harvard Medical School. In appreciation of his scientific contributions, he was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (2010) and the Association of American Physicians (2015). Further, he has received the “Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments” (2014), the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovations in Health Equity” (2015), and the “John M. Peters Award” (2017) from the American Thoracic Society (ATS). In 2020, Dr. 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.
Academic and Research Interests
asthma, health disparities, genomics, epidemiology
- MD, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana School of Medicine, 1988
- MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, 1999
- DrPH, Harvard School of Public Health, 2001
- Internship in Medicine, Lincoln Hospital, New York Medical College, 1989-1990
- Residency in Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1990-1992
- Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, 1992-1995
- Research/Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1997-1999
- Research Fellow in Medicine, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1999-2000
