Melissa A. Crawford, MD
Locations: Specialty Care & Surgery Center, Brandywine Valley; Main Hospital; Specialty Care, King of Prussia; Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
MD - SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Pediatrics - Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Pediatrics - Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY (Chief Resident)
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Gastroenterology – American Board of PediatricsPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Maribeth R Nicholson, Suchitra K Hourigan, Maire Conrad, Alka Goyal, Kyle Jensen, Judith Kelsen, Melissa Kennedy, Madison Weatherly, Stacy A Kahn : Current challenges in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridioides difficile Infection in Children. American Journal of Gastroenterology 116(9): 1954-56, September 2021.
Maribeth R Nicholson, Erin Alexander, Sonia Ballal, Zev Davidovics, Michael Docktor, Michael Dole, Jonathan M Gisser, Alka Goyal, Suchitra K Hourigan, M Kyle Jensen, Jess L Kaplan, Richard Kellermayer, Judith R Kelsen, Melissa A Kennedy, Sahil Khanna, Elizabeth D Knackstedt, Jennifer Lentine, Jeffery D Lewis, Sonia Michail, Paul D Mitchell, Maria Oliva-Hemker, Tiffany Patton, Karen Queliza, Sarah Sidhu, Aliza B Solomon, David L Suskind, Madison Weatherly, Steven Werlin, Edwin F de Zoeten, Stacy A Kahn: Efficacy and Outcomes of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Crohns and Colitis November 2021.
Maribeth R Nicholson, Paul D Mitchell, Erin Alexander, Sonia Ballal, Mark Bartlett, Penny Becker, Zev Davidovics, Michael Docktor, Michael Dole, Grace Felix, Jonathan Gisser, Suchitra K Hourigan, M Kyle Jensen, Jess L Kaplan, Judith Kelsen, Melissa Kennedy, Sahil Khanna, Elizabeth Knackstedt, McKenzie Leier, Jeffery Lewis, Ashley Lodarek, Sonia Michail, Maria Oliva-Hemker, Tiffany Patton, Karen Queliza, George H Russell, Namita Singh, Aliza Solomon, David L Suskind, Steven Werlin, Richard Kellermayer, Stacy A Kahn : Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridium difficile Infection in Children. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 18(3): 612-619, March 2020.
Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro: Netter's Pediatrics, 2nd Edition; Gastroenterology Section. Book. Elsevier, 2, August 2022 Notes: Editor for gastroenterology Section.
Kennedy M, Liacouras C, Maqbool A: Intussusception. Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics. Elsevier, 2019.
Kennedy M, Liacouras C, Maqbool A: Meckel's Diverticulum. Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics. Elsevier, 2019.
Kennedy M, Collins J: Appendicitis. Five Minute Pediatric Consult. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2012.
Kennedy M, Friedman J. Disorders of the pancreas. In: Florin TA, Ludwig S, editors. Netter's pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.
Kennedy M, Friedman J. Constipation. In: Florin TA, Ludwig S, editors. Netter's pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.
Kennedy M, Friedman JR: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. The Five-Minute Pediatric Consult. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2011.
Kennedy M, Liacouras C: Meckel's Diverticulum. Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics. Elsevier, 2011.
Kennedy M, Liacouras C: Intussusception. Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics. Elsevier, 2011.
Kennedy M, Mascarenhas M: Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth. The NASPGHAN Fellow's concise Review of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. CCGMP 2011.
Kennedy MC, Friedman JR: Caroli Disease. eMedicine from Web MD October 2009.
Kennedy MC, Friedman RJ: Cholelithiasis. eMedicine from Web MD April 2009.
2016-2021, GI Fellows Teaching Faculty Honor Roll, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2011, Second prize, Basic Science, Simon A. Komarov Research Competition, Philadelphia Gastroenterology Training Group
2009-2011, Pediatric GI/Nutrition T32 Trainee
2006, Procter and Gamble Teaching and Tomorrow Program at the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting
1995-1999, Dean's list, Cornell University
2021-present, Department of Pediatrics IDEAA Council (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Antiracism, and Access) Council
2020-present, Co-chair, GI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
2019-present, Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committeepu
2008-present, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
- 2008-present, Fecal Microbiota Transplant Special Interest Group, IBD Committee
2008-present, American Gastroenterological Association
2004-present, American Academy of Pediatrics