Katie Chetta

Neonatologist, Physician-Scientist, Christian, wife, mom of two, & expert in preemie nutrition, human milk outcomes, necrotizing enterocolitis

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🚨It's finally out! Our unit's diagnostic approach to NEC: A standardized universal protocol for using adjunct abdominal ultrasound at the time of diagnosis for suspected necrotizing enterocolitis | Pediatric Radiology

We will never go back to using abdominal radiograph alone for NEC!

https://t.co/8VPN1b3ONH

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Human milk is a bioactive substance that improves the health outcomes of preterm infants. However, significant changes in the structure of milk lipids occur during storage, and more research is needed to evaluate how lipid oxidation may affect gastrointestinal health.

I will be investigating the relationship between lipid degradation and gastrointestinal health, thereby informing the design of optimal storage conditions for donor human milk administered to preterm and critically ill neonates.

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📣 Very excited to announce that I received an NIH K23 Mentored Clinical Research Early Career Award for 2026-2028. Thank you to Dr. Carol Wagner and Misty Good, MD, who are my primary co-mentors on this award. 1/2

@mistygoodlab

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@jamie_marie000 @conservmillen Yes I know.... But you receive the gift of Faith, as revealed by the Word, these evil acts do not surprise you. The world is full of evil, the Bible, a historical document, tells us so. It also tells us Gods nature is Good and there will be Justice. That's the truth.

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@jamie_marie000 @conservmillen Nothing makes you more aware of the Ultimate Good and justice of the universe, as the feeling you get when hearing about true Evil. "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:5

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Happy to share our new publication with neonatology community:

The complex interaction of enteral feeding in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis

https://t.co/GQnulGripO

@mistygoodlab

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@MikeWingerii Mike ZINGER

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@shortmagsmle Do not be anxious about anything, but with prayer and supplication let your requests be known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:7

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Pediatric Nutrition Interest Group Luncheon! Food still available: 2nd Treme! @SouthernSPR #sll

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Morning Joint Plenary Session: Generative AI in Medicine: Transforming Care, Research & Education. 9-11am @SouthernSPR #srm2026

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Hot Chili Topics!! Cynthia Blanco of UT San Antonio is speaking on her high impact nutrition research.

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And the winners are….🥁🥁🥁 Mar Romero-Lopez (Clinical Science) and Stefi Barbian (Basic science)!

Congratulations on winning the Young Investigator Awards! @stefbarbian @MarRomeroMD

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Neonatal-perinatal medicine session I is in session! @SouthernSPR #srm2026

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2026 Founder’s Award: Jay Kerecman, MD @southernspr #srm2026

[Katie Chetta @Chetta_milk_lab]

Study 4 years for college degree.
Study 5-7 years for PhD or MD+residency.
Join lab start working.
Spend years studying problem.
Form hypothesis, gather evidence.
Test hypothesis, form conclusions.
Report findings, clear peer review.
Findings published, reported in press.

Guy on internet: “Bullsh^t”

@SouthernSPR

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Viral Jain presents on IL-17 and chronic lung disease. Final speaker for the YIA contest- basic science category. @SouthernSPR #spr2026

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Second up in basic science category: Mina Hanna talks gene therapy in CF! @spr2026 @SouthernSPR

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Second up in basic science category: Mina Hanna talks gene therapy in CF! @spr2026 @SouthernSPR

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The SSPR Young Investigator Award continues in the basic science category! With Stefi Barbian, Emory. @SouthernSPR #srm2026 Does maternal butyrate supplementation help neonatal gut health?