Shih-Shan Lang Chen

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Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Neurosurgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), University of Pennsylvania
Attending Neurosurgeon, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Neurosurgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department: Neurosurgery

Contact information
3401 Civic Center Blvd
6 Wood Center
Neurosurgery
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-2780
Education:
B.S. (Neurobiological Sciences)
University of Florida, 2002.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Florida College of Medicine, 2007.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship in General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2008.
Resident in Neurological Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2008-2014.
Chief Resident in Neurological Surgery , Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2014.
Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2015.
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Description of Itmat Expertise

Traumatic brain injury - pediatric
Intracranial multimodality monitoring devices

Selected Publications

J.J. Ng, L.M. Sailai, D.J. Romeo, M. Wu, Z. Zapatero, B.B. Massenburg, S.P. Bartlett, J.A. Taylor, J.W. Swanson: Expanding Indications for Cranial Vault Expansion: Beyond Craniosynostosis. American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association April 2024 Notes: Oral Presentation by J.J. Ng.

N. Burrill, N. Kumar, S. Agarwal, L.A. Beslow, E.R. Oliver, M-H. Hunynh, E. Goldmuntz, B. Pukenas, A. Borst, A. Britt, Arastoo Vossough, S. Fuller, S.S. Lang, E. Schindewold, L. Pilchman, R. Dicicco, H. Crane, C. Paidas Teefey: Two Fetuses with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Presenting with Rare Finding of Arteriovenous Malformations. Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting Toronta Canada March 2024 Notes: Poster Presentation by N. Burrill.

Britt A., Vossough A., Pukenas B.A., Borst A.B., Goldmuntz E., Lang S., Kundishora A., Storm P.B., Beslow L.A. : Spinal vascular malformations in an infant with an ENG variant. HHT International Expert Case Conference: Spinal AVMs: An Advanced Management Forum for HHT Clinical Cases. March 2024 Notes: Oral presentation given by Lauren Beslow.

Wu M, Massenburg BB, Reddy N, Romeo DJ, Ng JJ, Taylor JA, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, S.S. Lang: Long-Term Sequelae of Normocephalic Pansynostosis: A Rare But Insidious Entity. Child’s Nervous System March 2024 Notes: Accepted March 2024.

Beslow L.A., A.J. White, T. Krings, A.M. Hammill, S.S. Lang, A. Baba, M.S. Clancy, S.E. Olitsky, S.W. Hetts: Current practice: rationale for screening children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia for brain vascular malformations American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2024 Notes: [Accepted 1/2024]

Tucker A.M., P. Madsen, S.S. Lang, P.B. Storm : Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation and severe subaxial cervical distraction injury in an infant Spinal Cord Series and Cases 10(1): 1, Jan 2024.

Mazandi VM, Boggs K, Himebauch A, Glau C, Lang SS, Kumar N, Kilbaugh TJ, Conlon T, Huh J. : Association of left ventricular systolic function and outcome after pediatric traumatic brain injury Society for Critical Care Medicine Conference, Phoenix, AZ January 2024 Notes: Presented by VM Mazandi

Punchak MA, C. Sarris, E. Xu, TM Flanders, S.S. Lang, JW Swanson, JA Taylor, GG Heuer: Craniosynostosis in primary metabolic bone disorders: a single institution experience Child’s Nervous System 39(12): 3583-3588, Dec 2023 Notes:

Baumgartner, M., S.S. Lang, P.J. Madsen, A.M. Tucker, P.B. Storm, A. Resnick, B. Kennedy: Systematic review and cumulative analysis of clinical properties of BRAF V600E mutations in PLNTY histological samples Children's Nervous System Dec 2023 Notes: [Online ahead of print] doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-06256-w.

Lang, S.S., N. Kumar, R. Rahman, A.M. Tucker, T.M. Flanders, G.G. Heuer, P.B. Storm, C. Zhao, J Huh: Near Infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring in Severe Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics November 2023 Notes: Accepted November 2023.

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