Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh
Kelly W. Harris, MD, MS is a pediatric palliative care physician and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Harris received a BA with Honors in both Religious Studies and Biology from the University of Chicago in 2011. She received her MD with a Certificate in Biomedical Ethics in 2016 from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed residency in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2020, after dedicating an extra year of training as a V-StARR Resident Scholar through the NIH R38 program to research the longitudinal experience of parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease. She completed fellowship palliative care clinical training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2021, and she now provides clinical care in both adult and children's hospitals. She is grateful to have received grant support as a HRSA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar (2021 - 2023), National Palliative Care Research Program Kornfeld Scholar (2023 - 2025), and Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Scholar (2025 - present). She is dedicated to a career as a physician-scientist to improve support for families who receive prenatal diagnoses of serious illness.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose