Shih-Shan L. Chen, MD
Independent provider

About me

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Florida
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • 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.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Chen is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Yousef Hattar, Julie Sesen, Tyra Martinez, Karthik Ashok, Adrian Lupieri, Shih-Shan Lang, Gregory G. Heuer, Alexander Tucker, Edward R. Smith, and Aram Ghalali Cell Division Cycle 42 Binding Protein Beta as a Plasma-Based Biomarker for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations , ISPN 2025 Annual Meeting, France: 2025


Emma Mazzio, Craig Press, Alicia Alcamo, Shih-Shan Lang, Jimmy Huh, Raymond Liu, Alexis Topjian, Matthew Kirschen. Association Between EEG Responsiveness to Hypertonic Saline Administration and Outcomes After Pediatric Acute Brain Injury. , Neurocritical Care Society Conference : 2025


V. Mazandi, K. Boggs, K. Senthil, E. Gabriel, N. Kumar, C. Glau, A. Himebauch, C.T. Kim, T. Kilbaugh, S.S. Lang, T. Conlon, J. Huh. Association of left ventricular systolic dysfunction with outcome following pediatric traumatic brain injury. , Pending JNS: Peds May 2025: 2025


Ellie D. Gabriel, Ayush Lacoul, Nankee Kumar, April Giannotti, Jasleen Kaur, Kumaran Senthil, Vanessa Mazandi, Chong-Tae Kim, Todd J. Kilbaugh, Shih-Shan Lang, Jimmy W. Huh Development and Validation of a Pre-Hospital Clinical Nomogram for Predicting Functional Outcome in Pediatric Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. , American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2025 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.: 2025


Ellie D. Gabriel, Nankee Kumar, Claudia Hejazi-Garcia, Clara Wang, Mix Wannasarnmetha, Aashim Bhatia, Chao Zhao, Tracy Flanders, Gregory Heuer, Jimmy W. Huh, Shih-Shan Lang Non-invasive Near-infrared Spectroscopy Correlates in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury , American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2025 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.: 2025


Flanders TM, Hwang M, Julian NW, Sarris CE, Flibotte JJ, DeMauro SB, Munson DA, Heimall LM, Collins YC, Bamberski JM, Sturak MA, Storm PB, Lang SS, Heuer GG. Imaging and CSF biomarkers to optimize neurosurgical intervention for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity , Association for Clinical and Translational Science Meeting (poster presentation). Washington DC: 2025


Short term outcomes in infants following primary ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion Moon, J., Yuan I., Oluwalade B., Rintoul N., Wild T., Lang S.S., Simpao A., Nelson O. (2025) , Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA-AAP) Orlando, FL: 2025


Ayush Lacoul, Ellie Gabriel, April Giannotti, Nankee Kumar, Jasleen Kaur, Kumaran Senthil, Vanessa Mazandi, Craig Press, Matthew Kirschen, Alexis Topjian, Chong-Tae Kim, Todd Kilbaugh, Shih-Shan Lang, Jimmy Huh Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Transport to a Quaternary Pediatric Facility: An Outcomes Analysis , 2025 Critical Care Conference, Orlando, FL.: 2025


A. Lacoul, E. Gabriel, Giannotia, N. Kumar, J. Kaur, K. Senthil, V. Mazandi, C. Press, M. Kirschen, A. Topjian, C.T. Kim, T. Kilbaugh, S.S. Lang, J. Huh Severe Pediatric TBI and Transport to a Quaternary Pediatric Facility: An Outcome Analysis , Society of Critical Care Medicine 2025 Critical Care Congress: 2025


Xu E, Zhang E, Park K, Ayub M, Zhao C, Huh JW, King JM, Paltin I, Shah AC, Storm PB, Tucker A, Madsen PJ, Lang SS. Medical Management of Posterior Fossa Syndrome at a Quaternary Children’s Hospital , Child's Nervous System : 2025