Berje H. Shammassian, MD, MPH, FAANS
Neurosurgery
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Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Residency: Case Western Reserve University Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Miami Jackson Memorial Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Case Western Reserve University Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

115 reviews

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October 2025
pleasant experience
October 2025
his help was comprehensive.
September 2025
i really appreciate him for taking the time to see me today & for outing my mind at ease.
September 2025
caring thorough

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Shammassian is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Panos NG, Jones GM, Cook AM, Peksa GD, John S, DeMott JM, Tobias P, Da Silva I; Neurocritical Care Society Pharmacy Study Group. Reversal of Factor Xa Inhibitor-Related Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Observational Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Andexanet and Prothrombin Complex Concentrates , Crit Care Med, 53: 2025,e1202-e1213


Shammassian BH, DiGiorgio A, Manley G. Systems of Neurotrauma HealthCare , Neurosurg Clin N Am: 2025


Thomas R, Ghio M, Pappalardo L, Shammassian BH. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient with Neurotrauma , Neurosurg Clin N Am: 2025


Martin D, Schroeder R, Toups C, Daigle C, Spitchley M, Leonardi C, Shammassian B, Bhandutia AK. Comparing ACDF Outcomes by Cervical Spine Level: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study , Int J Spine Surg, 18: 2024,645-52


Lui A, Bonney PA, Burke J, Kanter JH, Yue JK, Takegami N, Tarapore PE, Huang M, Mummaneni PV, Dhall SS, Hemmerle DD, Ferguson AR, Torres-Espin A, Duong-Fernandez X, Lai N, Saigal R, Pan J, Singh V, Kyritsis N, Talbott JF, Pascual LU, Huie JR, Whetstone WD, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Weinstein PR, Manley GT, O'Banion LA, Kuo YH, Viljoen S, Grandhi R, Shammassian BH, DiGiorgio AM. The correlation of neurosurgery motor examinations with ISNCSCI motor examinations in patients with spinal cord injury: a multicenter TRACK-SCI study , J Neurosurg Spine, 42: 2024,120-128


Nordham KD, Tatum D, Attia AS, Patel MB, Paramesh A, Duchesne JC, Nahmias J, Maiga AW, Peetz AB, Udekwu PO, Stiles A, Shell C, Stodghill JD, Maghsoudi T, Iacullo E, McLafferty B, Coonan E, Boudreau RM, Zimmerman SA, Shammassian B, Egodage T, Aramento I, Morris P, Metheny J, Farrell MS, Painter MD, McCabe OT, Spadafore P, Wong DT, Serrano J, Sciarretta JD, Kim P, Hayton R, Gonzales D, Murry J, Meadows K, Jacobson LE, Williams JM, Bernard AC, Smith B, Morrissey SL, Patel N, Tabello D, Teicher E, Chowdhury SM, Ahmad F, Marcos BS, West MA, Jacome TH, Davis G, Marks JA, Rattigan D, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Matsushima K, Park S, Santos A, Shrestha K, Sawyer R, VandenBerg S, Jean RJ, Hicks RC, Lueckel S, Bugaev N, Abosena W, Alvarez C, Lieser MJ, McDonald H, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, Terzian WTH, Tian Y, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Berne JD, Mederos DR, Smith AA, Taghavi S. Impact of catastrophic brain injury guidelines on organ donation rates: Results of an EAST multicenter trial , J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 98: 2024,117-126


Alkhachroum A, Fló E, Manolovitz B, Cohan H, Shammassian B, Bass D, Aklepi G, Monexe E, Ghamasaee P, Sobczak E, Samano D, Saavedra AB, Massad N, Kottapally M, Merenda A, Cordeiro JG, Jagid J, Kanner AM, Rundek T, O'Phelan K, Claassen J, Sitt JD. Resting-State EEG Signature of Early Consciousness Recovery in Comatose Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury , Neurocrit Care: 2024


Opaskar A, Shammassian B, Yaghmoor B, Sundararajan S. Postcarotid Endarterectomy Reperfusion Injury and Hemorrhage , Stroke: 2024


Fontenot CJ, Messa GE, Malek AJ, Travis HJ, Dennis JR, Deville PE, Voigt AW, Shammassian B, Smith AA The Relationship of Nicotine Usage and Headaches After Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury , 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Washington DC: 2024


Du I, Lingle B, Lakhani Z, Guillen Arguello R, Shammassian B, Hunt J, Smith A Blood Pressure Control and Neurological Recovery in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury , 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Washington DC: 2024