David Stitelman, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery (Pediatrics)Cards
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Associate Professor of Surgery (Pediatrics)
Biography
David H. Stitelman, MD, is a surgeon in the Division of Pediatric Surgery within the Department of Surgery at Yale.
As a clinician, Dr. Stitelman cares for children of all ages. He is the surgical director of the Yale Fetal Care Center. Such a program allows families who are given a fetal diagnosis based on prenatal testing an opportunity to meet with surgeons, pediatric medical specialists, obstetricians and neonatologists to plan for the management of their babies before and after birth.
Dr. Stitelman also runs a basic science laboratory with a focus on prenatal therapy. The hope of this line of research is to treat and cure genetic and structural diseases before birth.
Appointments
Pediatric Surgery
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- DNA Damage and Genome Integrity
- Fetal Care Center
- General Pediatric & Thoracic Surgery
- Palade House Affiliates
- Pediatric Aerodigestive Disorders Program
- Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery Program
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Trauma Surgery Program
- Surgery
- WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Health System
- Yale Stem Cell Center
Education & Training
- Fellowship
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2013)
- Residency
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2011)
- MD
- University of Pennsylvania Medical School (2004)
Research
Publications
2026
Risk Stratification and Fetal Therapies for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
Haynes C, Stitelman D. Risk Stratification and Fetal Therapies for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. NeoReviews 2026, 27: e369-e381. PMID: 42219213, DOI: 10.1542/neo.27-6-021.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPrenatal Intraportal Delivery of Polymeric Nanoparticles to Fetal Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
Piotrowski-Daspit A, Lynn A, Eaton D, Bracaglia L, Markey A, Mortlock R, Stitelman D, Martinez M, Lee C, Kliman H, Glazer P, Tarantal A, Saltzman W. Prenatal Intraportal Delivery of Polymeric Nanoparticles to Fetal Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Human Gene Therapy 2026, 37: 189-198. PMID: 41645533, PMCID: PMC12978997, DOI: 10.1177/10430342251414881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpithelial Reprogramming and Transition during Pulmonary Bioengineering.
Mizoguchi S, Lee V, Kim H, Edelstein SE, Wang N, Gracia MT, Danelski C, Haynes C, Rivero R, Stitelman D, Obata T, Greaney AM, Tsuchiya T, Kyriakides TR, Kaminski N, Raredon MSB. Epithelial Reprogramming and Transition during Pulmonary Bioengineering. BioRxiv 2026 PMID: 41659587, DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.24.701406.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Altered Epithelial-Mesenchymal Progenitor States Lead to Matrix Deposition, Tissue Inflammation, and Transitional Epithelial State in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Rivero R, Edelstein S, Haynes C, Mizoguchi S, Wang N, Saltzman M, Stitelman D, Raredon M. Altered Epithelial-Mesenchymal Progenitor States Lead to Matrix Deposition, Tissue Inflammation, and Transitional Epithelial State in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Fetal And Pediatric Pathology 2025, 44: 551-572. PMID: 41246903, PMCID: PMC13014129, DOI: 10.1080/15513815.2025.2585371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSystemic in utero gene editing as a treatment for cystic fibrosis
Ricciardi A, Barone C, Putman R, Quijano E, Gupta A, Nguyen R, Mandl H, Piotrowski-Daspit A, Lopez-Giraldez F, Luks V, Freedman-Weiss M, Farrelly J, Ahle S, Lynn A, Glazer P, Saltzman W, Stitelman D, Egan M. Systemic in utero gene editing as a treatment for cystic fibrosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2418731122. PMID: 40493185, PMCID: PMC12184489, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2418731122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAtypical presentation of occult congenital diaphragmatic hernia as intermittent obstructive symptoms: A case report
Haynes C, Thaxton C, Shaughnessy M, Stitelman D. Atypical presentation of occult congenital diaphragmatic hernia as intermittent obstructive symptoms: A case report. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2025, 117: 103018. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2025.103018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvestigation of the protein corona and biodistribution profile of polymeric nanoparticles for intra-amniotic delivery
Lynn A, Shin K, Eaton D, Rose M, Zhang X, Ene M, Grundler J, Deschenes E, Rivero R, Bracaglia L, Glazer P, Stitelman D, Saltzman W. Investigation of the protein corona and biodistribution profile of polymeric nanoparticles for intra-amniotic delivery. Biomaterials 2025, 320: 123238. PMID: 40064138, PMCID: PMC11972154, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123238.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanoparticles following in utero Delivery to a Nonhuman Primate
Eaton D, Lynn A, Surprenant J, Deschenes E, Guerra M, Rivero R, Yung N, O'Connor M, Glazer P, Bahtiyar M, Saltzman W, Stitelman D. Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanoparticles following in utero Delivery to a Nonhuman Primate. Biomedicine Hub 2024, 10: 543138. PMID: 39845408, PMCID: PMC11753793, DOI: 10.1159/000543138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvaluating Operative Exposure for Medical Students in the Era of Virtual Learning: A Single-Institution Experience
Rivero R, Brown L, Flom E, Morton C, Esdaille C, Jernigan E, Lui F, Stitelman D. Evaluating Operative Exposure for Medical Students in the Era of Virtual Learning: A Single-Institution Experience. Journal Of Surgical Education 2024, 81: 1346-1351. PMID: 39163718, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.07.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrenatal Therapy for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Myelomeningocele: Advances in Particle-Based Delivery
Rivero R, Stitelman D. Prenatal Therapy for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Myelomeningocele: Advances in Particle-Based Delivery. Current Stem Cell Reports 2024, 10: 51-57. DOI: 10.1007/s40778-024-00237-8.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
David H. Stitelman, MD, says he considers it an honor to work to improve the lives and health of children. As a pediatric surgeon who treats children of all ages, Dr. Stitelman is often able to make an impact on a child’s life soon after he or she is born.
Dr. Stitelman is the surgical director of the Fetal Care Center, a joint program of Yale Medicine and Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. At the Fetal Care Center, a multidisciplinary team of pediatric specialists, obstetricians and neonatologists work with families whose child has been diagnosed before birth with a condition that requires treatment.
“We spend a great deal of time explaining to families the medical and surgical issues their child faces,” Dr. Stitelman says. “We want them to understand, and we follow our patients long term to assure they are thriving after they go home.”
Dr. Stitelman is also an assistant professor of pediatric surgery at Yale School of Medicine. His research is focused on prenatal therapy, with the hope of treating and curing genetic and structural diseases before a child is born.
Clinical Specialties
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News & Links
Media
- Green particles were injected into the amniotic space and can be appreciated binding to the exposed spinal cord in a pre-clinical rat model of spina bifida.
News
- June 30, 2026
Women’s Health Research at Yale and SWHR’s Symposium Highlights the Power of Collaboration to Advance Women’s Health Research
- June 14, 2026Source: WTNH
Current, former Fetal Care Center patients reunite with their care teams at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital reunion
- April 23, 2026
Yale Physician-Scientists Pioneer Fetal Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
- July 03, 2025Source: Yale News
The Cure for Cystic Fibrosis Might Start in the Womb
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