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
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology - Child Neurology, 2018
- Psych & Neurology/Epilepsy (AMA)
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, National
- American Epilepsy Society, National
- American Neurological Association, National
- Child Neurology Society, National
- Critical Care EEG Monitoring Research Consortium (CCEMRC), International
- Epic Electronic Medical Record-Neurodiagnostics Subcommittee, National
- Epic Electronic Medical Record-Pediatric Neurology Steering Board, National
- International League Against Epilepsy, International
- National Professional Advisory Board, Epilepsy Foundation, National
- Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group, International
- Pediatric Neurohospitalist Group, National
Treatments and Conditions
My research
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
Yuan I, Georgostathi G, Zhang B, Hodges A, KurthC, Kirschen MP, Huh JW, Topjian AA, Lang SS, Richter A, Abend NS, Massey SL. Quantitative Electroencephalogram in Term Neonates Under Different Sleep States , J Clin. Monit. Comput, 38(3): 2024,591-602
Kaur M, Utidjian L, Abend NS, Dickinson K, Roebling R, McDonald J, Maltenfort MG, Foskett N, Elmoufti S, Guerriero RM, Jain BG, Pajor NM, Rao S, Shellhaas RA, Slaughter L, Forrest CB. Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study on the Safety and Electroencephalographic Response to Lacosamide for Neonatal Seizures , Pediatric Neurology, 155: 2024,18-25
Fung FW, Carpenter JL, Chapman KE, Gallentine W, Giza CC, Goldstein JL, Hahn CD, Loddenkemper T, Matsumoto JH, Press CA, Riviello JJ, Abend NS. Survey of Pediatric ICU EEG Monitoring – Reassessment After a Decade , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 41(5): 2024,458-472
Fung FW, Parikh DS, Donnelly M, Jacobwitz M, Topjian AA, Xiao R, Abend NS. EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill Children: Establishing High Yield Subgroups , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 41(4): 2024,305-311
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
Treadwell JR, Wu M, Kessler SK, Abend NS, Massey SL, Tsou AY. Pharmacologic and Dietary Treatments for Epilepsies in Children Aged 1-36 Months: A Systematic Review , Neurology, 100(1): 2023,e16-e27
Tsou AY, Wu M, Kessler SK, Abend NS, Massey SL, Treadwell JR. Surgical Treatments for Epilepsies in Children Aged 1-36 Months: A Systematic Review , Neurology, 100(1): 2023,e1-e15
Li Y, Scheffler A, Barkovitch AJ, Chang T, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Abend NS, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, Numis A, Franck L, Rogers E, Callen A, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA, Glass HC. Neonatal Brain MRI and Short-Term Outcomes after Acute Provoked Seizures , Journal of Perinatology, 11: 2023,1392-1397
McKee JL, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Fitzgerald MP, Massey SL, Fung F, Kessler SK, Witzman S, Abend NS, Helbig I. Seizure prediction in 1117 neonates leveraging EMR-embedded standardized EEG reporting , Lancet Digital Health, 5(4): 2023,e217-226