Nicholas Abend, MD
Pediatric Neurology
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

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.
  • 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

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Pojomovsky McDonnell P, Ortiz Y, Abend NS, Kaufman MC, Xian J, Gonzalez A, Molisani S, Helbig I. A simple intervention improves access to telemedicine for Spanish-speaking families in an outpatient pediatric neurology clinic , Journal of Child Neurology, 40(9): 2025,767-771


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


Silver MR, Caffee L, Fried LE, Gonzalez AK, Huber R, Kaufman MC, Means M, Patel N, Ramos M, Witzman S, Beam K, Zook J, Abend NS, Press C, Molisani S. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Underdosing of Rectal Diazepam as Home Seizure Rescue Medication after Hospitalization , Neurology in Clinical Practice, 15(5): 2025,e200529


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


Ostendorf AP, Loddenkemper T, Morgan LA, Appavu B, Farias-Moeller R, Harrar D, Press C, Abend NS, Gaillard WD, Bai S, Eisner M, McHenry L, Kroshus E, Vannatta K, Goodkin HP. Treating seizures faster: The quality improvement in time to treat status epilepticus (QuITT-SE) multicenter randomized stepped-wedge clinical trial protocol , Contemporary Clinical Trials, 151: 2025,107831


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


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, 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