Megan Moriarty Kelsey, MD, MS

Professor, Pediatrics-Endocrinology


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, Royal College of Surgeons In Ireland (2002)
Graduate School
  • MS, University of Pittsburgh (1997)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, University of Notre Dame (IN) (1994)
Residency
  • Thomas Jefferson University/duPont Hospital for Children Program, Pediatrics (2005)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado, Pediatric Endocrinology (2008)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Endocrinology

Professional Titles

  • Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine
  • Medical Director of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

Publications

  • TODAY Study Group, Zeitler P, Hirst K, Pyle L, Linder B, Copeland K, Arslanian S, Cuttler L, Nathan DM, Tollefsen S, Wilfley D, Kaufman F. A clinical trial to maintain glycemic control in youth with type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jun 14;366(24):2247-56. PubMed PMID: 22540912
  • Laffel L, Chang N, Grey M, Hale D, Higgins L, Hirst K, Izquierdo R, Larkin M, Macha C, Pham T, Wauters A, Weinstock RS, TODAY Study Group. Metformin monotherapy in youth with recent onset type 2 diabetes: experience from the prerandomization run-in phase of the TODAY study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2012 Aug;13(5):369-75. PubMed PMID: 22369102
  • Bacha F, Pyle L, Nadeau K, Cuttler L, Goland R, Haymond M, Levitsky L, Lynch J, Weinstock RS, White NH, Caprio S, Arslanian S, TODAY Study Group. Determinants of glycemic control in youth with type 2 diabetes at randomization in the TODAY study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2012 Aug;13(5):376-83. PubMed PMID: 22332798
  • Rudroff T, Holmes MR, Melanson EL, Kelsey MM. Sex differences in time to task failure during early pubertal development. Muscle Nerve. 2013 Sep 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24037802
  • Kelsey MM, Forster JE, Van Pelt RE, Reusch JE, Nadeau KJ. Adipose tissue insulin resistance in adolescents with and without type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Obes. 2013 Jul 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23861170
  • Walders-Abramson N, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM, Schmiege SJ, Ellert S, Cejka A, Bhatnagar K, Zeitler P. Psychological functioning in adolescents with obesity co-morbidities. Child Obes. 2013 Aug;9(4):319-25. PubMed PMID: 23763659
  • Delahanty L, Kriska A, Edelstein S, Amodei N, Chadwick J, Copeland K, Galvin B, El Ghormli L, Haymond M, Kelsey MM, Lassiter C, Milaszewski K, Syme A, Mayer-Davis E. Self-reported dietary intake of youth with recent onset of type 2 diabetes: results from the TODAY study. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Mar;113(3):431-9. PubMed PMID: 23438494
  • Rudroff T, Kelsey MM, Melanson EL, McQueen MB, Enoka RM. Associations between neuromuscular function and levels of physical activity differ for boys and girls during puberty. J Pediatr. 2013 Aug;163(2):349-54. PubMed PMID: 23415611
  • Kelsey MM, Bjornstad P, McFann K, Nadeau KJ. Testosterone concentration and insulin sensitivity in young men with type 1 and 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes, In Press.
  • Kelsey MM, Geffner M, Guandalini C, Pyle L, Tamborlane W, Zeitler PE, White N; TODAY Study Group (2015) Presentation and effectiveness of early treatment of type 2 diabetes in youth: Lessons from the TODAY Study. Pediatr Diabetes, In Press.
  • Chan CL, Pyle L, Kelsey MM, Newnes L, Zeitler PE, Nadeau KJ. Screening for Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Obese Youth: Evaluating Alternate Markers of Glycemia – 1,5-Anhydroglucitol, Fructosamine, and Glycated Albumin. Pediatr Diabetes, In Press.
  • Kriska A, Delahanty L, Edelstein S, Amodei N, Chadwick J, Copeland K, Galvin B, El ghormli L, Haymond M, Kelsey M, Lassiter C, Mayer-Davis E, Milaszewski K, Syme A. Sedentary behavior and physical activity in youth with recent onset of type 2 diabetes. Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;131(3):e850-6. PubMed PMID: 23400602
  • Kelsey MM, Zaepfel A, Bjornstad P, Nadeau KJ. Age-Related Consequences of Childhood Obesity. Gerontology. 2014 Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24434909
  • Chan CL, Pyle L, Newnes L, Nadeau KJ, Zeitler PS, Kelsey MM. Continuous glucose monitoring and its relationship to hemoglobin A1c and oral glucose tolerance testing in obese and prediabetic youth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Mar;100(3):902-10. PubMed PMID: 25532041
  • Chernausek SD, Arslanian S, Caprio S, Copeland KC, El Ghormli L, Kelsey MM, Koontz MB, Orsi CM, Wilfley D. Relationship Between Parental Diabetes and Presentation of Metabolic and Glycemic Function in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes: Baseline Findings From the TODAY Trial. Diabetes Care. 2015 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26577415
  • Kelsey MM, Geffner ME, Guandalini C, Pyle L, Tamborlane WV, Zeitler PS, White NH. Presentation and effectiveness of early treatment of type 2 diabetes in youth: lessons from the TODAY study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2015 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25690268
  • Kelsey MM, Bjornstad P, McFann K, Nadeau K. Testosterone concentration and insulin sensitivity in young men with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes. 2015 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25611822
  • Chan CL, Pyle L, Kelsey MM, Newnes L, Baumgartner A, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ. Alternate glycemic markers reflect glycemic variability in continuous glucose monitoring in youth with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27873436
  • Ohman-Hanson R, Cree-Green M, Kelsey MM, Bessesen DH, Sharp TA, Pyle L, Pereira RI, Nadeau KJ. Ethnic and sex differences in adiponectin: from childhood to adulthood. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Sep 7;:jc20161137. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27603898
  • Kelsey MM, Zeitler PS. Insulin Resistance of Puberty. Curr Diab Rep. 2016 Jul;16(7):64. PubMed PMID: 27179965
  • Chernausek SD, Arslanian S, Caprio S, Copeland KC, El ghormli L, Kelsey MM, Koontz MB, Orsi CM, Wilfley D. Relationship Between Parental Diabetes and Presentation of Metabolic and Glycemic Function in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes: Baseline Findings From the TODAY Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016 Jan;39(1):110-7. PubMed PMID: 26577415
  • Kelsey MM, Geffner ME, Guandalini C, Pyle L, Tamborlane WV, Zeitler PS, White NH. Presentation and effectiveness of early treatment of type 2 diabetes in youth: lessons from the TODAY study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 May;17(3):212-21. PubMed PMID: 25690268
  • Chan CL, Pyle L, Kelsey M, Newnes L, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ. Screening for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in obese youth: evaluating alternate markers of glycemia - 1,5-anhydroglucitol, fructosamine, and glycated albumin. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 May;17(3):206-11. PubMed PMID: 25652226
  • Kelsey MM, Bjornstad P, McFann K, Nadeau K. Testosterone concentration and insulin sensitivity in young men with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 May;17(3):184-90. PubMed PMID: 25611822
  • Chan CL, Pyle L, Newnes L, Nadeau KJ, Zeitler PS, Kelsey MM. Continuous glucose monitoring and its relationship to hemoglobin A1c and oral glucose tolerance testing in obese and prediabetic youth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Mar;100(3):902-10. PubMed PMID: 25532041
  • Zeitler PS, Barker JM, Travers SH, Kelsey M (Chapter Editor), Nadeau K, Kappy MS. Endocrine Disorders. In Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, Hay, Levin, Deterding, Abzug, and Sondheimer (Eds). McGraw Hill, New York, NY, 2015
  • Kaar JL, Simon SL, Schmiege SJ, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM. Adolescent's Health Behaviors and Risk for Insulin Resistance: A Review of the Literature. Curr Diab Rep. 2017 Jul;17(7):49. PubMed PMID: 28526994
  • Chan CL, Pyle L, Kelsey MM, Newnes L, Baumgartner A, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ. Alternate glycemic markers reflect glycemic variability in continuous glucose monitoring in youth with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes. 2017 Nov;18(7):629-636. PubMed PMID: 27873436
  • Ohman-Hanson RA, Cree-Green M, Kelsey MM, Bessesen DH, Sharp TA, Pyle L, Pereira RI, Nadeau KJ. Ethnic and Sex Differences in Adiponectin: From Childhood to Adulthood. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Dec;101(12):4808-4815. PubMed PMID: 27603898
  • Kelsey MM, Zeitler PS. Insulin Resistance of Puberty. Curr Diab Rep. 2016 Jul;16(7):64. PubMed PMID: 27179965
  • Chernausek SD, Arslanian S, Caprio S, Copeland KC, El ghormli L, Kelsey MM, Koontz MB, Orsi CM, Wilfley D. Relationship Between Parental Diabetes and Presentation of Metabolic and Glycemic Function in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes: Baseline Findings From the TODAY Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016 Jan;39(1):110-7. PubMed PMID: 26577415
  • Kelsey MM, Geffner ME, Guandalini C, Pyle L, Tamborlane WV, Zeitler PS, White NH. Presentation and effectiveness of early treatment of type 2 diabetes in youth: lessons from the TODAY study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 May;17(3):212-21. PubMed PMID: 25690268
  • Chan CL, Pyle L, Kelsey M, Newnes L, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ. Screening for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in obese youth: evaluating alternate markers of glycemia - 1,5-anhydroglucitol, fructosamine, and glycated albumin. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 May;17(3):206-11. PubMed PMID: 25652226
  • Kelsey MM, Bjornstad P, McFann K, Nadeau K. Testosterone concentration and insulin sensitivity in young men with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 May;17(3):184-90. PubMed PMID: 25611822
  • Cree-Green M, Xie D, Rahat H, Garcia-Reyes Y, Bergman BC, Scherzinger A, Diniz Behn C, Chan CL, Kelsey MM, Pyle L, Nadeau KJ. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Glucose Peak Time Is Most Predictive of Prediabetes and Hepatic Steatosis in Obese Girls. J Endocr Soc. 2018 Jun 1;2(6):547-562. PubMed PMID: 29942919
  • Shomaker LB, Gulley L, Hilkin AM, Clark E, Annameier S, Rao S, Rockette-Wagner B, Kriska A, Wright KP Jr, Stice E, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM. Design of a randomized controlled trial to decrease depression and improve insulin sensitivity in adolescents: Mood and INsulin sensitivity to prevent Diabetes (MIND). Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Dec;75:19-28. PubMed PMID: 30342256
  • Kelsey MM, Braffett BH, Geffner ME, Levitsky LL, Caprio S, McKay SV, Shah R, Sprague JE, Arslanian SA. Menstrual Dysfunction in Girls From the Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY) Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Jun 1;103(6):2309-2318. PubMed PMID: 29697830
  • Bjornstad P, Hughan K, Kelsey MM, Shah AS, Lynch J, Nehus E, Mitsnefes M, Jenkins T, Xu P, Xie C, Inge T, Nadeau K. Effect of Surgical Versus Medical Therapy on Diabetic Kidney Disease Over 5 Years in Severely Obese Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2019 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31685489
  • Nokoff NJ, Scarbro SL, Moreau KL, Zeitler P, Nadeau KJ, Juarez-Colunga E, Kelsey MM. Body composition and markers of cardiometabolic health in transgender youth compared to cisgender youth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31544944
  • Kelsey MM, Zeitler PS, Drews K, Chan CL. Normal Hemoglobin A1c Variability in Early Adolescence: Adult Criteria for Prediabetes Should Be Applied with Caution. J Pediatr. 2019 Aug 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31405525
  • Nokoff N, Thurston J, Hilkin A, Pyle L, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ, Santoro N, Kelsey MM. Sex Differences in Effects of Obesity on Reproductive Hormones and Glucose Metabolism in Early Puberty. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Oct 1;104(10):4390-4397. PubMed PMID: 30985874
  • Shomaker LB, Gulley L, Hilkin AM, Clark E, Annameier S, Rao S, Rockette-Wagner B, Kriska A, Wright KP Jr, Stice E, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM. Design of a randomized controlled trial to decrease depression and improve insulin sensitivity in adolescents: Mood and INsulin sensitivity to prevent Diabetes (MIND). Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Dec;75:19-28. PubMed PMID: 30342256
  • Cree-Green M, Xie D, Rahat H, Garcia-Reyes Y, Bergman BC, Scherzinger A, Diniz Behn C, Chan CL, Kelsey MM, Pyle L, Nadeau KJ. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Glucose Peak Time Is Most Predictive of Prediabetes and Hepatic Steatosis in Obese Girls. J Endocr Soc. 2018 Jun 1;2(6):547-562. PubMed PMID: 29942919
  • Moore JM, Glover JJ, Jackson BM, Coughlin CR 2nd, Kelsey MM, Inge TH, Boles RE. Development and application of an ethical framework for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery evaluation. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33191162
  • Ryder JR, Xu P, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM, Xie C, Jenkins T, Inge TH, Bjornstad P. Effect of surgical versus medical therapy on estimated cardiovascular event risk among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and severe obesity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33071178
  • Sweeney B, Kelly AS, San Giovanni CB, Kelsey MM, Skelton JA. Clinical approaches to minimize iatrogenic weight gain in children and adolescents. Clin Obes. 2020 Sep 28;:e12417. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32987450
  • Benson J, Severn C, Hudnut-Beumler J, Simon SL, Abramson N, Shomaker LB, Gulley LD, Taylor A, Kelsey MM, Nadeau KJ, Zeitler PS, Pyle L, Cree-Green M. Depression in Girls With Obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and/or Type 2 Diabetes. Can J Diabetes. 2020 Aug;44(6):507-513. PubMed PMID: 32792104
  • Davis SM, DeKlotz S, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM, Zeitler PS, Tartaglia NR. High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk features in adolescents with 47,XXY/Klinefelter syndrome. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2020 Jun;184(2):327-333. PubMed PMID: 32542985
  • Shah AS, Nadeau KJ, Helmrath MA, Inge TH, Xanthakos SA, Kelsey MM. Metabolic outcomes of surgery in youth with type 2 diabetes. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb;29(1):150893. PubMed PMID: 32238292
  • Misra M, Singhal V, Carmine B, Bose A, Kelsey MM, Stanford FC, Bram J, Aidlen J, Inge T, Bouxsein ML, Bredella MA. Bone outcomes following sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents and young adults with obesity versus non-surgical controls. Bone. 2020 May;134:115290. PubMed PMID: 32084562
  • Kelsey MM, Pyle L, Hilkin A, Severn CD, Utzschneider K, Van Pelt RE, Nadeau KJ, Zeitler PS. The Impact of Obesity On Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion During Pubertal Progression: A Longitudinal Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 May 1;105(5). PubMed PMID: 31996919
  • Jobira B, Frank DN, Pyle L, Silveira LJ, Kelsey MM, Garcia-Reyes Y, Robertson CE, Ir D, Nadeau KJ, Cree-Green M. Obese Adolescents With PCOS Have Altered Biodiversity and Relative Abundance in Gastrointestinal Microbiota. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jun 1;105(6). PubMed PMID: 31970418
  • Kaar JL, Schmiege SJ, Drews K, Higgins J, Walders-Abramson N, Isganaitis E, Willi SM, Marcus MD, Zeitler PS, Kelsey MM. Evaluation of the longitudinal change in health behavior profiles across treatment groups in the TODAY clinical trial. Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Mar;21(2):224-232. PubMed PMID: 31886931
  • Davis S, Ware MA, Zeiger J, Deardorff MA, Grand K, Grimberg A, Hsu S, Kelsey M, Majidi S, Matthew RP, Napier M, Nokoff N, Prasad C, Riggs AC, McKinnon ML, Mirzaa G. Growth hormone deficiency in megalencephaly-capillary malformation syndrome: An association with activating mutations in PIK3CA. Am J Med Genet A. 2020 Jan;182(1):162-168. PubMed PMID: 31729162
  • Bjornstad P, Hughan K, Kelsey MM, Shah AS, Lynch J, Nehus E, Mitsnefes M, Jenkins T, Xu P, Xie C, Inge T, Nadeau K. Effect of Surgical Versus Medical Therapy on Diabetic Kidney Disease Over 5 Years in Severely Obese Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2020 Jan;43(1):187-195. PubMed PMID: 31685489
  • Nokoff NJ, Scarbro SL, Moreau KL, Zeitler P, Nadeau KJ, Juarez-Colunga E, Kelsey MM. Body Composition and Markers of Cardiometabolic Health in Transgender Youth Compared With Cisgender Youth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Mar 1;105(3). PubMed PMID: 31544944
  • Kelsey MM, Zeitler PS, Drews K, Chan CL. Normal Hemoglobin A1c Variability in Early Adolescence: Adult Criteria for Prediabetes Should Be Applied with Caution. J Pediatr. 2020 Jan;216:232-235. PubMed PMID: 31405525
  • Flannick J, Mercader JM, Fuchsberger C, Udler MS, Mahajan A, Wessel J, Teslovich TM, Caulkins L, Koesterer R, Barajas-Olmos F, Blackwell TW, Boerwinkle E, Brody JA, Centeno-Cruz F, Chen L, Chen S, Contreras-Cubas C, Córdova E, Correa A, Cortes M, DeFronzo RA, Dolan L, Drews KL, Elliott A, Floyd JS, Gabriel S, Garay-Sevilla ME, García-Ortiz H, Gross M, Han S, Heard-Costa NL, Jackson AU, Jørgensen ME, Kang HM, Kelsey M, Kim BJ, Koistinen HA, Kuusisto J, Leader JB, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu J, Lyssenko V, Manning AK, Marcketta A, Malacara-Hernandez JM, Martínez-Hernández A, Matsuo K, Mayer-Davis E, Mendoza-Caamal E, Mohlke KL, Morrison AC, Ndungu A, Ng MCY, O'Dushlaine C, Payne AJ, Pihoker C, Post WS, Preuss M, Psaty BM, Vasan RS, Rayner NW, Reiner AP, Revilla-Monsalve C, Robertson NR, Santoro N, Schurmann C, So WY, Soberón X, Stringham HM, Strom TM, Tam CHT, Thameem F, Tomlinson B, Torres JM, Tracy RP, van Dam RM, Vujkovic M, Wang S, Welch RP, Witte DR, Wong TY, Atzmon G, Barzilai N, Blangero J, Bonnycastle LL, Bowden DW, Chambers JC, Chan E, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Collins FS, de Vries PS, Duggirala R, Glaser B, Gonzalez C, Gonzalez ME, Groop L, Kooner JS, Kwak SH, Laakso M, Lehman DM, Nilsson P, Spector TD, Tai ES, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Wilson JG, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Bottinger E, Burke B, Carey DJ, Chan JCN, Dupuis J, Frossard P, Heckbert SR, Hwang MY, Kim YJ, Kirchner HL, Lee JY, Lee J, Loos RJF, Ma RCW, Morris AD, O'Donnell CJ, Palmer CNA, Pankow J, Park KS, Rasheed A, Saleheen D, Sim X, Small KS, Teo YY, Haiman C, Hanis CL, Henderson BE, Orozco L, Tusié-Luna T, Dewey FE, Baras A, Gieger C, Meitinger T, Strauch K, Lange L, Grarup N, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Zeitler P, Dabelea D, Abecasis G, Bell GI, Cox NJ, Seielstad M, Sladek R, Meigs JB, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Altshuler D, Burtt NP, Scott LJ, Morris AP, Florez JC, McCarthy MI, Boehnke M. Exome sequencing of 20,791 cases of type 2 diabetes and 24,440 controls. Nature. 2019 Jun;570(7759):71-76. PubMed PMID: 31118516
  • Nokoff N, Thurston J, Hilkin A, Pyle L, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ, Santoro N, Kelsey MM. Sex Differences in Effects of Obesity on Reproductive Hormones and Glucose Metabolism in Early Puberty. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Oct 1;104(10):4390-4397. PubMed PMID: 30985874
  • Srinivasan S, Chen L, Todd J, Divers J, Gidding S, Chernausek S, Gubitosi-Klug RA, Kelsey MM, Shah R, Black MH, Wagenknecht LE, Manning A, Flannick J, Imperatore G, Mercader JM, Dabelea D, Florez JC. Erratum. The First Genome-Wide Association Study for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The Progress in Diabetes Genetics in Youth (ProDiGY) Consortium. Diabetes 2021;70:996-1005. Diabetes. 2021 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34716200
  • Shah AS, Helmrath MA, Inge TH, Xanthakos SA, Kelsey MM, Jenkins T, Trout AT, Browne L, Nadeau KJ. Study protocol: a prospective controlled clinical trial to assess surgical or medical treatment for paediatric type 2 diabetes (ST(2)OMP). BMJ Open. 2021 Aug 13;11(8):e047766. PubMed PMID: 34389568
  • Ogle SB, Ressalam J, Baugh CM, Campbell EG, Kelsey MM, Inge TH. Referral and utilization of paediatric bariatric surgery in an academic freestanding children's hospital with dedicated paediatric bariatric programme. Pediatr Obes. 2021 Dec;16(12):e12830. PubMed PMID: 34296818
  • Perng W, Kelsey MM, Sauder KA, Dabelea D. How does exposure to overnutrition in utero lead to childhood adiposity? Testing the insulin hypersecretion hypothesis in the EPOCH cohort. Diabetologia. 2021 Oct;64(10):2237-2246. PubMed PMID: 34272965
  • Shah AS, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM. Broader Screening for Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes-We Just Are Not There Yet. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 1;5(9):e2220540. PubMed PMID: 36098974
  • Pyle L, Kelsey MM. Youth-onset type 2 diabetes: translating epidemiology into clinical trials. Diabetologia. 2021 Aug;64(8):1709-1716. PubMed PMID: 34075436
  • Magge SN, Wolf RM, Pyle L, Brown EA, Benavides VC, Bianco ME, Chao LC, Cymbaluk A, Balikcioglu PG, Halpin K, Hsia DS, Huerta-Saenz L, Kim JJ, Kumar S, Levitt Katz LE, Marks BE, Neyman A, O'Sullivan KL, Pillai SS, Shah AS, Shoemaker AH, Siddiqui JAW, Srinivasan S, Thomas IH, Tryggestad JB, Yousif MF, Kelsey MM. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is associated with a substantial rise in frequency and severity of presentation of youth-onset type 2 diabetes. J Pediatr. 2022 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35985535
  • Tayachew B, Vanden Brink H, Garcia-Reyes Y, Rahat H, D'Alessandro A, Frank DN, Robertson CE, Silveira L, Kelsey M, Pyle L, Cree-Green M. Combined Oral Contraceptive Treatment Does Not Alter the Gut Microbiome but Affects Amino Acid Metabolism in Sera of Obese Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Front Physiol. 2022;13:887077. PubMed PMID: 35800349
  • Nokoff NJ, Scarbro SL, Moreau KL, Zeitler P, Nadeau KJ, Reirden D, Juarez-Colunga E, Kelsey MM. Body Composition and Markers of Cardiometabolic Health in Transgender Youth on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists. Transgend Health. 2021 Apr;6(2):111-119. PubMed PMID: 33937527
  • San Giovanni CB, Sweeney B, Skelton JA, Kelsey MM, Kelly AS. Aversion to Off-label Prescribing in Clinical Pediatric Weight Management: The Quintessential Double Standard. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jun 16;106(7):2103-2113. PubMed PMID: 33901290
  • Hudnut-Beumler J, Kaar JL, Taylor A, Kelsey MM, Nadeau KJ, Zeitler P, Snell-Bergeon J, Pyle L, Cree-Green M. Development of type 2 diabetes in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome and obesity. Pediatr Diabetes. 2021 Aug;22(5):699-706. PubMed PMID: 33870630
  • Kelsey MM, Hilkin A, Pyle L, Severn C, Utzschneider K, Van Pelt RE, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ. Two-Year Treatment With Metformin During Puberty Does Not Preserve ß-Cell Function in Youth With Obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jun 16;106(7):e2622-e2632. PubMed PMID: 33728428
  • Andrisse S, Garcia-Reyes Y, Pyle L, Kelsey MM, Nadeau KJ, Cree-Green M. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Metabolic Disease in Adolescents With Obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Endocr Soc. 2021 Apr 1;5(4):bvab008. PubMed PMID: 33644620
  • Taylor AE, Ware MA, Breslow E, Pyle L, Severn C, Nadeau KJ, Chan CL, Kelsey MM, Cree-Green M. 11-Oxyandrogens in Adolescents With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Endocr Soc. 2022 Jul 1;6(7):bvac037. PubMed PMID: 35611324
  • Ogle SB, Dewberry LC, Jenkins TM, Inge TH, Kelsey M, Bruzoni M, Pratt JSA. Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in Older Versus Younger Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3). PubMed PMID: 33526606
  • Kelsey MM, Zeitler PS, Nadeau KJ, Shah AS. Type 2 diabetes in youth: Rationale for use of off-label antidiabetic agents. Pediatr Diabetes. 2022 Sep;23(6):615-619. PubMed PMID: 35524343
  • Srinivasan S, Chen L, Todd J, Divers J, Gidding S, Chernausek S, Gubitosi-Klug RA, Kelsey MM, Shah R, Black MH, Wagenknecht LE, Manning A, Flannick J, Imperatore G, Mercader JM, Dabelea D, Florez JC. The First Genome-Wide Association Study for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The Progress in Diabetes Genetics in Youth (ProDiGY) Consortium. Diabetes. 2021 Apr;70(4):996-1005. PubMed PMID: 33479058
  • Zeitler P, El Ghormli L, Arslanian S, Caprio S, Isganaitis E, Kelsey MK, Weinstock RS, White NH, Drews K. Deterioration of Glycemic Control in Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: What Are the Early and Late Predictors?. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jul 14;107(8):e3384-e3394. PubMed PMID: 35486388
  • Campbell EG, Alasmar A, Lawrence R, Kurpius-Brock M, DeCamp M, Kovar A, Schoen J, Inge T, Kelsey MM, Boles R, Engel S. Barriers to metabolic bariatric surgery in adolescents: results of a qualitative study. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Jun;18(6):794-802. PubMed PMID: 35474008
  • Jobira B, Frank DN, Silveira LJ, Pyle L, Kelsey MM, Garcia-Reyes Y, Robertson CE, Ir D, Nadeau KJ, Cree-Green M. Hepatic steatosis relates to gastrointestinal microbiota changes in obese girls with polycystic ovary syndrome. PLoS One. 2021;16(1):e0245219. PubMed PMID: 33465100
  • Rydin AA, Severn C, Pyle L, Dorris K, Chambers C, Stiller D, Hankinson TC, Inge T, Haemer MA, Mirsky DM, Moore J, Kelsey MM. Novel clinical algorithm for hypothalamic obesity in youth with brain tumours and factors associated with excess weight gain. Pediatr Obes. 2022 Jul;17(7):e12903. PubMed PMID: 35224874
  • . Long-term Outcomes Among Young Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Based on Durability of Glycemic Control: Results From the TODAY Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. 2022 Nov 1;45(11):2689-2697. PubMed PMID: 36190810
  • Kelsey MM, Severn C, Hilkin AM, Pyle L, Nadeau KJ, Zeitler PS. Puberty Is Associated with a Rising Hemoglobin A1c, Even in Youth with Normal Weight. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;230:244-247. PubMed PMID: 33300876
  • Moore JM, Glover JJ, Jackson BM, Coughlin CR 2nd, Kelsey MM, Inge TH, Boles RE. Development and application of an ethical framework for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery evaluation. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Feb;17(2):425-433. PubMed PMID: 33191162
  • Liu APY, Kelsey MM, Sabbaghian N, Park SH, Deal CL, Esbenshade AJ, Ploner O, Peet A, Traunecker H, Ahmed YHE, Zacharin M, Tiulpakov A, Lapshina AM, Walter AW, Dutta P, Rai A, Korbonits M, de Kock L, Nichols KE, Foulkes WD, Priest JR. Clinical Outcomes and Complications of Pituitary Blastoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jan 23;106(2):351-363. PubMed PMID: 33236116
  • Ryder JR, Xu P, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM, Xie C, Jenkins T, Inge TH, Bjornstad P. Effect of surgical versus medical therapy on estimated cardiovascular event risk among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and severe obesity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Jan;17(1):23-33. PubMed PMID: 33071178
  • Sweeney B, Kelly AS, San Giovanni CB, Kelsey MM, Skelton JA. Clinical approaches to minimize iatrogenic weight gain in children and adolescents. Clin Obes. 2021 Feb;11(1):e12417. PubMed PMID: 32987450
  • Mitchell DM, Singhal V, Animashaun A, Bose A, Carmine B, Stanford FC, Inge TH, Kelsey MM, Lee H, Bouxsein ML, Yu E, Bredella MA, Misra M. Skeletal effects of sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents and young adults: a two-year longitudinal study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Oct 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36314507
  • . Pregnancy Outcomes in Young Women With Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Followed in the TODAY Study. Diabetes Care. 2021 Dec 8;45(5):1038-45. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34880068
  • Tryggestad JB, Drews KL, Mele L, Arslanian S, Chernausek SD, Escaname EN, Geffner M, Isganaitis E, Sprague J, Kelsey MM. Impact of youth onset type 2 diabetes during pregnancy on microvascular and cardiac outcomes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2023 Sep;203:110876. PubMed PMID: 37595843
  • Huerta-Chagoya A, Schroeder P, Mandla R, Deutsch AJ, Zhu W, Petty L, Yi X, Cole JB, Udler MS, Dornbos P, Porneala B, DiCorpo D, Liu CT, Li JH, Szczerbinski L, Kaur V, Kim J, Lu Y, Martin A, Eizirik DL, Marchetti P, Marselli L, Chen L, Srinivasan S, Todd J, Flannick J, Gubitosi-Klug R, Levitsky L, Shah R, Kelsey M, Burke B, Dabelea DM, Divers J, Marcovina S, Stalbow L, Loos RJF, Darst BF, Kooperberg C, Raffield LM, Haiman C, Sun Q, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Ordoñez ML, Meigs J, Baier LJ, González-Villalpando C, González-Villalpando ME, Orozco L, García-García L, Moreno-Estrada A, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Tusié T, Dupuis J, Ng MCY, Manning A, Highland HM, Cnop M, Hanson R, Below J, Florez JC, Leong A, Mercader JM. The power of TOPMed imputation for the discovery of Latino-enriched rare variants associated with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2023 Jul;66(7):1273-1288. PubMed PMID: 37148359
  • Gutierrez-Colina AM, Bristol M, Clark ELM, Sanchez N, Gulley LD, Ruzicka E, Handing EP, Kinsella E, Kutchman E, Witten M, Clementi MA, Thompson T, Pyle L, Aichele S, Goldschmidt AB, Belcher B, Nadeau KJ, Kelsey MM, Shomaker LB. Cognitive-behavioral therapy and exercise training in adolescent females with elevated depression symptoms and at-risk for type 2 diabetes: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 May;128:107150. PubMed PMID: 36918091
  • Davis SM, Urban R, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA, Chan CL, Kelsey M, Howell S, Tartaglia N, Zeitler P, Baker Ii P. Unique plasma metabolite signature for adolescents with Klinefelter syndrome reveals altered fatty acid metabolism. Endocr Connect. 2023 May 1;12(5). PubMed PMID: 36884262
  • Shah RD, Chernausek SD, El Ghormli L, Geffner ME, Keady J, Kelsey MM, Farrell R, Tesfaldet B, Tryggestad JB, Van Name M, Isganaitis E. Maternal Diabetes in Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated With Progressive Dysglycemia and Risk of Complications. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Apr 13;108(5):1120-1131. PubMed PMID: 36446741
  • Breslow E, Taylor A, Chan CL, Severn C, Pyle L, Torchen L, Sisk R, Legro R, Turcu AF, Auchus RJ, Dunaif A, Kelsey MM, Cree-Green M. 11-Oxygenated Androgen Metabolite Concentrations Are Affected by Pubertal Progression and Obesity. Horm Res Paediatr. 2023;96(4):412-422. PubMed PMID: 36446347
  • Mitchell DM, Singhal V, Animashaun A, Bose A, Carmine B, Stanford FC, Inge TH, Kelsey MM, Lee H, Bouxsein ML, Yu EW, Bredella MA, Misra M. Skeletal Effects of Sleeve Gastrectomy in Adolescents and Young Adults: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Mar 10;108(4):847-857. PubMed PMID: 36314507

Professional Memberships

  • American Diabetes Association, Member
  • Endocrine Society, Member
  • Obesity Society, Member
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
  • Pediatric Endocrine Society, Co-Chair, Diabetes Special Interest Group

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatric Endocrinology, Board Certification (2009)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Endocrine System (Hormones)
  • Child and Teen Health - Juvenile Diabetes
  • Child and Teen Health
Care Philosophy
Dr. Kelsey provides inclusive and individualized care, integrating what is known from the research literature with what works best for the patient and family.