Kenneth Patrick Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
5th Floor, Main Building, Room 5132
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Education
BS (Biology), Westfield State University, 2007
MS (Biology), Eastern New Mexico University, 2010
PhD (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), University of Vermont, 2015
Specialty Certification
American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM), 2020
Postgraduate Training
Postdoctoral Fellow Translational Clinical Microbiology, Kirby Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 2015-2020
American Society for Microbiology Continuing Professional Education Programs (ASM CPEP) Medical and Public Health Microbiology Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2018-2020
Awards and Honors
Academic Excellence Award - Westfield State University Biology Department, 2007
1st Place, Biology Graduate Student Research Conference - Eastern New Mexico University, 2009
2nd Place, Graduate Student Poster Competition - University of Vermont College of Medicine, 2012
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)2017 Innovation Award Finalist - Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, 2017
Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award - American Society for Microbiology, 2017
Outstanding Abstract Award - American Society for Microbiology, 2018
Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, Salt Lake City, UT, 2019
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening,Digital Health 2019 Early-Career Member Contest Winner, 2019
Faculty of the Year Award - Pennsylvania Hospital School of Medical Laboratory Science, 2023
Robert W. Doms Distinguished Teaching Award, 2024
Faculty of the Year Award - Pennsylvania Hospital School of Medical Laboratory Science, 2024
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society for Microbiology, 2015 - Present
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, 2018 - 2019
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, 2019 - 2020
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Document Development Committee on Verifying ID/AST Systems (M52), 2020 - Present
American Board of Medical Microbiology Exam Validation Subcommittee, 2021 - 2023
Web Links
Selected Publications
Low Prevalence of Anaerobic Bacteria in Pediatric Septic Arthritis Makes Obtaining Anaerobic Cultures of Questionable Value
Regan B, Spiegel D, Smith KP, Goodbody C, Baldwin KD, Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Accepted(): , 2024
Identifying Opportunities for Urine Culture Diagnostic Stewardship in a Pediatric Health System
Yoon H, Meyahnwi D, Chiotos K, Dunn M, Green R, Ku B, Mutucumarana C, Overland M, Polsky T, Sharer G, Smith KP, Swami SK, and Same R, ID Week, Los Angeles CA 2024, 2024
Identification of Distinct Genotypes in Circulating RSV A Strains Based on Variants in the Virus Replication-associated Genes
Musa A.O., Faber S.R., Forrest K., Smith K.P., Sengupta S., and López C.B., Journal of Virology, 2024
Low Prevalence of Anaerobic Bacteria in Pediatric Septic Arthritis Makes Obtaining Anaerobic Cultures of Questionable Value
Regan M, Spiegel D, Smith KP, and Baldwin K, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2024 Annual Meeting, 2024
Neonatal cytomegalovirus characterization using nanopore sequencing: a novel approach
Proaño A, Chan J, Galchen GC, Ahsan MU, Gilman RH, Smith KP, Wang K, Flannery DD, CMV Working Group in the Americas, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, 2024
Persistent Increased Invasive Pediatric Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) Infections with Correlated Increase in Superficial Infection and Pharyngitis
Dowling J., Werz D., Smith K.P., Harris R.M., Smathers S., Harrison-Long C., Sammons J., and Hayes E., ID Week, Boston MA 2023, 2023
Listeria and Erysipelothrix
Smith K.P. and Harris R.M., Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 2023
Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Microbiology
Smith, K.P., Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice, 2023
Streptothricin F is a bactericidal antibiotic effective against highly drug resistant gram negative bacteria that interacts with the 30S subunit of the 70S ribosome
Morgan CE, Kang Y-S, Green AB, Smith KP, Dowgiallo MG, Miller BC, Chiaraviglio L, Truelson KA, Zulauf KE, Rodriguez S, Kang AD, Manetsch R, Yu EW, and Kirby JE, PLoS Biology 21(): e3002091, 2023
Genotypic Investigation of a Rotavirus Cluster at a Quaternary Pediatric Hospital
Kitt E, Yoon H, Comar CE, Smith KP, Harris RM, Esona MD, Gautam R, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Hopkins A, Jaimes J, and Handy LK, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2023
