Kelly Wentworth, MD

Assistant Professor

My research focuses on understanding the role of Gs-protein coupled receptor signaling in skeletal development, with a focused interest in craniofacial fibrous dysplasia of the bone (FD) and McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS).

Education and Training

University of California

non-ACGME Endocrinology Research Fellowship

2019

University of California

Fellowship- Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

2017

University of Washington

Residency-Internal Medicine

2011

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Medicine

2008

Associated Programs

PhD in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences

Publications

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Gut microbiome-dependent IL-1 signaling is a mediator of ACVR1R206H-driven heterotopic ossification.

Herzog HM, Fang C, Lam L, Jin K, Zamarioli A, Dinh E, Gupta CL, Sharma A, Moody T, Pierce JL, Hohl MS, Takimoto SW, Lyalina S, Wentworth KL, Yu K, Lu VF, Mamikunian I, Hunt NK, Lynch S, Pollard KS, Hernandez CJ, Perrien DS, Hsiao EC

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

2026-04-08

Single-cell analysis of human fibrous dysplasia bone reveals a fibrotic transcriptome and GNAS variants in endothelial, perivascular, and stromal cells.

Wentworth KL, Fierro FA, Moody TA, Le B, Michel Z, Boyce A, Collins M, Kram V, de Castro LF, Chow ED, Qorbani A, Hsiao EC

American journal of human genetics

2025-08-22

Fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright syndrome: state-of-the-art advances, pathogenesis, and basic/translational research.

Palmisano B, Berry C, Boyce A, Charles JF, Collins MT, Corsi A, Fierro FA, Heegaard AM, van der Heijden H, Hoffman CS, Hopkins C, Upadhyay J, Wehn PM, Wentworth KL, Yang Y, Zhao X, Hsiao EC, Riminucci M

Orphanet journal of rare diseases

2025-08-08

Update on the medical management of fibrous dysplasia of the bone.

Wentworth KL, Park J, Yu X, Hsiao EC

Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism

2025-06-18