Susan Matesanz, MD

Neurology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology in Pediatrics

My education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Matesanz is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Wolff JM, Capocci N, Atas E, Bharucha-Goebel DX, Brandsema JF, Butterfield RJ, Chadwick CB, Corti M, Crawford TO, Cripe L, Day JW, Duong T, ElMallah MK, Flanigan KM, George LA, Goedeker NL, Goude E, Hesterlee S, Lin B, Katz NK, Matesanz SE, McDonald C, McNally EM, Mercado-Rodriguez C, Nandi D, Parsons JA, Proud C, Ramos-Platt L, Lek A, Salabarria SM, Camino E, Schrader R, Shea E, Shell R, Shieh PB, Soslow JH, Taylor JB, Veerapandiyan A, Villa C, Yang ML, Zaidman CM, Leon-Astudillo C, Byrne BJ. Consensus recommendations and considerations for the delivery and monitoring of gene therapy in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy , Neuromuscul Disord, 54: 2025,106208

Byrne BJ, Flanigan KM, Matesanz SE, Finkel RS, Waldrop MA, D'Ambrosio ES, Johnson NE, Smith BK, Bönnemann C, Carrig S, Rossano JW, Greenberg B, Lalaguna L, Lara-Pezzi E, Subramony S, Corti M, Mercado-Rodriguez C, Leon-Astudillo C, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Bharucha-Goebel D, Gao G, Gessler DJ, Hwu WL, Chien YH, Lee NC, Boye SL, Boye SE, George LA. Current clinical applications of AAV-mediated gene therapy , Mol Ther, 33: 2025,2479-2516

Fainberg NA, Keselman D, Matesanz SE, Senthil K. Feeding Difficulties and Respiratory Failure in a 14-Month-Old Girl , Pediatr Rev, 46: 2025,337-340

Wadhwani AR, Aggarwal A, Loscalzao S, McSherry ML, Lockman JL, Brandsema JF, McGuire J, Matesanz S. Pearls & Oy-sters: Severe Myotonic Crisis Resembling Malignant Hyperthermia , Neurology, 104: 2025,e213497

Keselman D, Glanzman A, Thelen MY, Prosser LA, McGuire J, Matesanz SE. Motor function testing rates and outcomes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy with comorbid autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , Neuromuscul Disord: 2025

Hamid OA, Hester DM, Matesanz SE, Wright S, Batley KY, Proud CM, Veerapandiyan A. Equitable Access of Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec for Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Call for Discussion , Pediatr Neurol: 2024

B. Gross, E. Higginbotham, L. Lau, W. Sung, O. Moran, A. Hasnain, D. Stavropoulos, M. Beaulieu Bergeron, K. Boycott, , V. McNiven, R. Liu, S. Matesanz Non-tandem duplications in DMD: impacts on genetic counseling and medical decision making , Neuromuscular Disorders, 43:104441.484: 2024