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Carly J. Celebrezze, MD, MSc (she/her/hers)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Stanford University
MENLO PARK, California, United States

Carly J. Celebrezze, MD, MSc is a postdoctoral research fellow in the division of pediatric surgery at Stanford University. She grew up in Moscow, Idaho, a small town of 25,000 people. She earned her B.S. in Human Physiology at the University of Oregon. While there, she obtained minors in Spanish, Chemistry, and Biology. She worked in a cardiopulmonary and respiratory physiology laboratory, studying the pulmonary function of adults with a history of very preterm birth. Additionally, she studied abroad for three months in Argentina, learning about the culture and language there. She visited the Dominican Republic and worked with a mobile clinic to provide healthcare to impoverished rural villages. She visited Peru, helping to build environmentally friendly toilets in resource-poor areas. She completed a pre-medical internship in South Africa.

With her developing interest in global and public health, she went on to obtain an MSc in Global Health and Development at University College London in the U.K. She worked with a civil society organization in India, evaluating the socioeconomic factors that impact childhood stunting. Upon return to the U.S., she worked at a community health center in central Washington, expanding healthcare provision to migrant farmworkers and underserved populations.

She then went on to receive an MD at Washington State University. In medical school, she continued to develop her leadership skills while working to build a mobile unit from the ground up, serving as the Western Regional Medical Education Delegate, and serving as a member of student government among other positions. Additionally, she helped to conduct a needs assessment across Northeastern Washington, learning how the region could better be served with improved provision of healthcare and additional resources.

She is now completing her general surgery residency at the University of Kentucky. In the pursuit of a career in pediatric surgery, she elected to complete a research fellowship at Stanford University after her third year of training. While at Stanford, she is working on utilizing springs in different capacities to lengthen bowel with the aim of improving the quality and longevity of life in children with short bowel syndrome. She is also working on several clinical and surgical education projects.

In a future career, she hopes to blend her many passions and interests, including leadership, surgical education, global health, health policy and advocacy, and research endeavors with the aim of continually progressing the field of pediatric surgery.

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