Berje H. Shammassian, MD, MPH, FAANS

Neurosurgery
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Penn Neurosurgery University City
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About me

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

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Residency: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Case Western Reserve University
  • Fellowship: Jackson Health System - Jackson Memorial

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

170 reviews

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Anonymous
July 2026
answered all my questions
Anonymous
June 2026
all my questions were answered and i saw mri that showed what is happening in my lower spine.
Anonymous
June 2026
i never saw the provider
Anonymous
June 2026
he is good.

Insurance accepted

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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

Research

Publications

Nordham KD, Tatum D, Patel MB, Paramesh A, Gragert L, Hossain S, Duchesne JC, Nahmias J, Keeley JA, Himmler AN, Konstantopoulos A, Narisma R, Maiga AW, Peetz AB, Woodward B, Serrano J, Udekwu PO, Stiles A, Shell C, Eagleton A, Murry J, Pero B, Iacullo E, McLafferty B, Coonan E, Boudreau RM, Zimmerman SA, Shammassian BH, Harrell KN, Zhang J, Egodage T, Armento I, Morris P, Metheny J, Farrell MS, Painter MD, Taggart C, Spadafore P, Stodghill JD, Maghsoudi T, Jacobson LE, Williams JM, Sciarretta JD, Kim P, Hayton R, Gonzales D, Santos A, Bayouth CV, Vaughan J, Chowdhury SM, Ahmad F, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Marks JA, Rattigan D, Tabello D, Teicher E, Jacome TH, Davis G, Bernard AC, Smith B, Doles B, Morrissey SL, Patel N, Sawyer R, VandenBerg S, Marcos BS, West MA, Matsushima K, Park S, Lueckel SN, Hornor M, Dronzek V, Mentzer C, Mack TJ, Bugaev N, Abosena W, Alvarez C, Jean RJ, Hicks RC, Lieser MJ, McDonald H, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, Terzian WTH, Tian Y, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Berne JD, Mederos DR, Palacio CH, Acosta MB, Garcia NM, Firnhaber J, Smith AA, Taghavi S. Hormone replacement before brain death increases organ donation rate after catastrophic brain injury: An EAST multicenter trial , J Trauma Acute Care Surg: 2026


Hoglund ZT, Kathawate VG, Sollenberger CS, Wu AQ, Englander R, Rani N, Saadoun J, Massaad E, Schuster JM, Marcotte PJ, Shammassian BH, Welch WC, Casper DS, Ozturk AK, Ali ZS, Malhotra NR, Shin JH, Judy BF. Cost-effectiveness of three-level cervical disc arthroplasty vs. anterior discectomy and fusion: a comparative single-system analysis , J Spine Surg, 12: 2026,90


Golubovsky JL, Rajan A, Gu BJ, Chen HI, Petrov D, Ali ZS, Shammassian BH, Schuster JM. Percutaneous navigation-assisted versus open posterior fixation for thoracolumbar fractures in ankylosing spinal diseases: a single-institution 15-year cohort analysis , J Neurosurg Spine: 2026


Campbell A, Rubsamen M, Adkins R, Sparling K, Brown E, Tatum D, Harrell K, Zhang J, McGinness C, Shammassian B, Taghavi S; New Orleans, Louisiana. Every hour counts: Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after spinal trauma , J Trauma Acute Care Surg: 2026


Koch S, Eatz T, Shammassian BH, Zhou L, Sur N, Perue GG, Merenda A, Alkhachroum A. Hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage retrospective chart review: Who are the super-expanders? , Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 261: 2025,109256


Ghenbot Y, Turlip RW, Howard S, Arena JD, Dagli MM, Ahmad HS, Petrov D, Shammassian B, Ali Z, Schuster JM. Osteotomy of a Congenital Paracondylar Process: 2-Dimensional Operative Video , Oper Neurosurg: 2025


Hovis GEA, Sherrod B, Agarwal N, Shammassian BH, DiGiorgio AM, Grandhi R, Picton B. Optimization of Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure for Improvement of Neurological Outcome in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis , Neurotrauma Rep, 6: 2025,813-823


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


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


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