Pediatric Neurology
Nicholas Abend, MD
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees newborns through age 18
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster

About me

  • Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Chicago
  • Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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.
  • Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Abend is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Kellier D, Anto M, Hal M, Nash K, Hutchinson M, Wells E, Moharir M, Abend NS, Messer R, Palaganas J, Piantino J, Marin J, Szperka C, Press C. Association of race and ethnicity with emergency room rate of migraine diagnosis, testing, and management in children with headache , Neurology, 104(5): 2025


Fung FW, Parikh DS, Donnelly M, Xiao R, Topjian AA, Abend NS. Electrographic Seizure Characteristics and Electrographic Status Epilepticus Prediction , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 42: 2025,64-72


Massey SL, Sandoval Karamanian AG, Fitzgerald MP, Fung FW, Abramson A, Salmon MK, Parikh D, Abend NS. Development of a Model to Predict Electroencephalographic Seizures in Neonates with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Therapeutic Hypothermia , Epilepsia, 66(2): 2025


Nunes ML, Yozawitz EG, Wusthoff CJ, Shellhaas RA, Olivas-Peña E, Wilmshurst JM, Pressler RM, Triki CC, Hartmann H, Inder T, Boylan GB, Valente K, Moshe SL, Mizrahi EM, Abend NS. Defining Neonatal Status Epilepticus: A Scoping Review from the ILAE Neonatal Task Force , Epilepsia Open, 10(1): 2025,40-54


Murphy C, Molisani SE, Riisen AC, Scotti-Degnan CM, Karvounides D, Witzman S, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Ramos, MO, Szperka CL, Abend NS. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement Anxiety Screening to Children and Teens with Headache and Epilepsy , Neurology in Clinical Practice, 15(3): 2025,e200458


Fung FW, Parikh DS, Walsh K, Fitzgerald MP, Massey SL, Topjian AA, Abend NS. Late-Onset Findings During Extended EEG Monitoring Are Rare in Critically Ill Children , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 42(2): 2025,149-155


Fung FW, Parikh DS, Massey SL, Fitzgerald MP, Vala L, Donnelly M, Jacobwitz M, Kessler SK, Xiao R, Topjian AA, Abend NS. Periodic Discharges and Outcome in Critically Ill Children , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 41(4): 2024,297-304


Jacobwitz M, Mulvihill C, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Resendiz K, Francoeur C, Helbig I, Topjian AA, Abend NS. A Comparison of First-Line Anesthetic Agents for Pediatric Status Epilepticus , Neurocritical Care, 40(3): 2024,984-995


azzio EL, Topjian AA, Reeded RW, Sutton RM, Morgan RW, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Wolfe HA, Graham K, Naim MY, Friess SH, Abend NS, Press CA. Association of EEG Characteristics with Outcomes Following Pediatric ICU Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of the ICU-RESUScitation Trial. , Resuscitation: 2024,110271


Bach AM, Kirschen MP, Fung FW, Abend NS, Ampah S, Mondal A, Huh JW. Chen SL, Yua I, Graham K, Berman JI, Vossough A, Topjian A. Association of EEG Background with Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging and Short-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest , Neurology, 102(5): 2024,e209134