Shavonne Lakisha Massey, MD
Pediatric Neurology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees newborns through age 14
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
About me
- Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Residency: Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children
- Residency: NYU Langone/Bellevue Hospital Center
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, National
- American Epilepsy Society, National
- CergenX, International
- Child Neurology Society, National
- Epilepsy Foundation, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Ellis CA, Copeland J, Velez I, Oliver KL, Shalaby H, Baldwin A, Armstrong C, Back A, Berlin B, Cohen S, Cuddapah VA, deCampo D, Dubbs H, Ginn N, Harrison AG, Lewin N, Lusk L, Marsh ED, Massey SL, McDonnell PP, McKee JL, Ortiz-Gonzalez X, Prentice AJ, Sullivan KR, Ruggiero SM, Fitzgerald MP, Goldberg EM, Helbig I. Genetic testing for familial epilepsies: Diagnostic yield and genetic findings , Epilepsia, 67(6): 2026
Glass HC, Numis AL, Soul JS, Wusthoff CJ, Lemmon ME, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Thomas C, Anwar T, Berl MM, Larson JG, Sturza J, Annis D, Rogers EE, Franck LS, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA. Long-term safety of early discontinuation of antiseizure medication after resolution of acute provoked neonatal seizures , Epilepsia, 67(6): 2026
Fitts W, Sandoval Karamian AG, Anto MM, Massey SL, Fung FW, Abend NS, Fitzgerald MP. Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Associations with Outcomes in Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study , J Child Neurol. : 2026
Sandoval Karamian AG, Zhu T, Huang H, Massey SL, Fitzgerald MP, Parikh D, Vossough A, Helbig I, Abend NS. White Matter Microstructural Abnormalities in Neonatal Onset Genetic Epilepsy , Ann Clin Transl Neurol. : 2026
Numis AL, Shellhaas RA, Soul JS, Gardner MA, Wusthoff CJ, Benedetti GM, Di Germanio C, Bammler TK, Erle DJ, Eckalbar WL, McCulloch CE, Heagerty PJ, Wood TR, Wu YW, Juul SE, Lowenstein DH, Glass HC; Neonatal Seizure Registry Study Group; HEAL Consortium Mechanistically informed circulating biomarkers are associated with acquired epilepsy after neonatal brain injury , J Neuroinflammation , 23(1): 2026
Glass HC, Numis AL, Soul JS, Wusthoff CJ, Lemmon ME, Benedetti GM, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Thomas C, Anwar T, Sturza J, Berl MM, Li Y, Rogers EE, Rau S, Gidley Larson JC, Guerrero JL, Franck LS, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA. Profiles and Predictors of Neurodevelopmental Outcome at 5-6 Years in Children With a History of Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures , Annals of Neurology : 2026
Numis AL, Glass HC, Soul JS, Wusthoff CJ, Massey SL, Benedetti GM, Chu CJ, Thomas C, Anwar T, Lemmon ME, Franck LS, Berl MM, Pilon B, Rau SMD, Li Y, Sturza J, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA. Postneonatal epilepsy after acute provoked neonatal seizures: Incidence, predictors, and clinical burden in a multicenter cohort followed through early childhood , Epilepsia , 66(12): 2025,4844-4856
Franck LS, Lemmon ME, Grossbauer L, Pawlowski K, Sturza JS, Wusthoff CJ, Massey SL, Chu CJ, Soul JS, Numis AL, Thomas C, Benedetti GM, Anwar T, Berl MM, Gidley Larson JC, Rogers EE, Chen C, McCulloch CE, Glass HC, Shellhaas RA Parent and Family Well-Being and Associated Risk Factors as Children with Neonatal Seizures Reach Preschool and School-Age: A Longitudinal Cohort Study , J Pediatr Clin Pract, 16: 2025
Shellhaas RA, Franck LS, Pilon B, Wusthoff CJ, Massey SL, Chu CJ, Soul JS, Lemmon ME, Numis AL, Sturza JS, Thomas C, Benedetti GM, Rau SMD, Anwar T, Berl MM, McCulloch CE, Glass HC. Sleep Disorders Five Years After Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures , Journal of Pediatrics, 278: 2025
Peng GS, Halsey K, Wusthoff CJ, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, Numis AL, Benedetti GM, Sturza J, Rogers EE, Franck LS, McCulloch CE, Soul JS, Shellhaas RA, Bonifacio SL, Glass HC. Preferred Parental Language and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants With Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures in the United States , Pediatric Neurology, 164: 2025,115-121