About me
- Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Education and training
- Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
- Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
My Locations
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
CHOP Specialty Care, Exton
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
Qualifications and experience
- Psych & Neurology/Epilepsy (AMA)
- Neurology - Child Neurology, 2018
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Epilepsy Society, National
- American Headache Society (AHS), National
- Child Neurology Society, National
- Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System, National
Treatments and Conditions
My research
McDonnell P, Ortiz Y, Abend N, Kaufman M, Xian J, Gonzalez A, Molisani S, Helbig I A Simple Intervention Improves Access to Telemedicine for Spanish-Speaking Families in an Outpatient Pediatric Epilepsy Clinic , Journal of Child Neurology: 2025
Murphy C, Molisani S, Riisen A, Scotti-Degnan C, Karvounides D, Witzman S, Kaufman M, Gonzalez A, Ramos M, Szperka C, Abend N; Division of Neurology Quality Improvement Program Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement Anxiety Screening for Children and Teens With Headache and Epilepsy , Neurology Clinical Practice: 2025
Fureman B, Brooks JD, Buchhalter J, Trescher W, Tencer J, Molisani S, Massey S, Abend N, Zafar SF, Cozart T, Gilchrist B, Donahue MA, Moura LMVR Health Disparities in Northeast Epilepsy Center Populations: A Pilot Approach to Improving Equity in the Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System. , American Epilepsy Society annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA: 2024
Molisani S, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Fitzgerald M, Fried L, Giblin B, Gonzalez A, Helbig I, Kaufman M, Kessler S, McDonnell M, McKee J, Melamed S, Murphy C, Parikh D, Prelack M, Ramos M, Riisen A, Scotti-Degnan C, Szperka C, Tefft S, Witzman S, Abend N Nudging the neurologist: Improving pediatric epilepsy care to align with the American Academy of Neurology quality measures , Nudges in Healthcare Symposium, Philadelphia, PA: 2024
Silver M, Abend N, Caffee L, Fried L, Witzman S, Gonzalez A, Kaufman M, Ramos M, Zook J, Press C, Molisani S Reducing Underdosing of Rectal Diazepam on Discharge from the Inpatient Neurology Service. , CHOP Quality and Safety Day: 2024
Kapoor-Heaphy B, McDonnell P, Ortiz Y, Molisani S, Ramos M, Kaufman M, Fitzgerald M, Gonzalez A, Abend N, Helbig I Building Upon a Single Intervention in a Spanish-Speaking Population to Enhance Access to Telemedicine in Pediatric Epilepsy , American Epilepsy Society: 2023
Molisani S, DiGiovine M, Fitzgerald M, Fried L, Gonzalez A, Kaufman M, Kessler S, McDonnell P, Melamed S, Parikh D, Prelack M, Ramos M, Riisen A, Scotti-Degnan C, Tefft S, Witzman S, Helbig I, Abend N Establishing a Model for Site Participation in an Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System. , American Epilepsy Society: 2023
Molisani S, Parikh D, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Fitzgerald M, Fried L, Helbig I, Kessler S, McDonnell P, Melamed S, Prelack M, Sharif U, Tefft S, Tencer J, Witzman S, Shaw K, Abend N A quality improvement initiative to improve folic acid supplementation counseling for adolescent females with epilepsy , Epilepsia, 64(10): 2023,2818-2826
Silver M, Means M, Abend N, Caffee L, Fried L, Witzman S, Gonzalez A, Kaufman M, Ramos M, Zook J, Press C, and Molisani S Reducing underdosing of rectal diazepam as home seizure rescue medication after hospitalization. , Child Neurology Society: 2023
Murphy C, Riisen A, Scotti-Degnan C, Karvounides D, Lynch J, Molisani S, Szperka C. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Implementation of Mood & Anxiety Screening for Pediatric Neurology Patients , Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL: 2023