- Alzheimer disease
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Epilepsy
- Forearm pain
- Gait abnormality
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Headache
- Memory disorder
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Movement disorder
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Nerve pain
- Neurological disorder
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
- Stroke
- Transient ischemic attack
- Traumatic brain injury
Susan Matesanz, MD
Neurology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Society of Cell and Gene Therapy, National
- Atamyo Therapeutics, International
- Cure SMA, National
- Pennsylvania Department of Health Newborn Screening, Local
- World Muscle Society, International
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