Nicholas S. Abend - Faculty Biosketch

Nicholas S. Abend, MD

Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Medical Director, Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Associate Scholar, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Epidemiology Unit, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

Director, Strategy and Inpatient Operations, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Division of Neurology)

Senior Medical Director, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Neuroscience Center)

Core Faculty, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Clinical Futures; Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness)

Distinguished Endowed Chair in the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Neurology

Contact information

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neurology, HUB 10548
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-1719
Fax: 215-590-1771

Email:
abend@chop.edu

Education:
BS
Washington University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
University of Chicago School of Medicine, 2002.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology )
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2015.

Post-Graduate Training
Pediatrics Internship, University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 2002-2003.
Pediatrics Residency, University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 2003-2004.
Child Neurology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania , 2004-2007.
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2007-2009.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Certificate, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007-2008.
Certificate - Development in Leadership, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2016.
Certificate - Healthcare Innovation, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.

Certifications
Neurology (with special qualification in child neurology) - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2008.
Epilepsy - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2012.

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Description of Research Expertise

Pediatric Epilepsy
EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill Children and Neonates
Management of Pediatric Status Epilepticus

Description of Clinical Expertise

Pediatric Epilepsy
Pediatric Electroencephalography

Description of Other Expertise

Quality Improvement

Selected Publications

Fung FW, Parikh DS, Massey SL, Fitzgerald MP, Vala L, Donnelly M, Jacobwitz M, Kessler SK, Xiao R, Topjian AA, Abend NS.: Periodic Discharges and Outcome in Critically Ill Children. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 41(4): 297-304, 2024.

Yuan I, Georgostathi G, Zhang B, Hodges A, KurthC, Kirschen MP, Huh JW, Topjian AA, Lang SS, Richter A, Abend NS, Massey SL.: Quantitative Electroencephalogram in Term Neonates Under Different Sleep States. J Clin. Monit. Comput 38(3): 591-602, 2024.

Kaur M, Utidjian L, Abend NS, Dickinson K, Roebling R, McDonald J, Maltenfort MG, Foskett N, Elmoufti S, Guerriero RM, Jain BG, Pajor NM, Rao S, Shellhaas RA, Slaughter L, Forrest CB.: Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study on the Safety and Electroencephalographic Response to Lacosamide for Neonatal Seizures. Pediatric Neurology 155: 18-25, 2024.

Fung FW, Carpenter JL, Chapman KE, Gallentine W, Giza CC, Goldstein JL, Hahn CD, Loddenkemper T, Matsumoto JH, Press CA, Riviello JJ, Abend NS. : Survey of Pediatric ICU EEG Monitoring – Reassessment After a Decade. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 41(5): 458-472, 2024.

Fung FW, Parikh DS, Donnelly M, Jacobwitz M, Topjian AA, Xiao R, Abend NS. : EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill Children: Establishing High Yield Subgroups. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 41(4): 305-311, 2024.

Jacobwitz M, Mulvihill C, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Resendiz K, Francoeur C, Helbig I, Topjian AA, Abend NS.: A Comparison of First-Line Anesthetic Agents for Pediatric Status Epilepticus. Neurocritical Care 40(3): 984-995, 2024.

Treadwell JR, Wu M, Kessler SK, Abend NS, Massey SL, Tsou AY. : Pharmacologic and Dietary Treatments for Epilepsies in Children Aged 1-36 Months: A Systematic Review. Neurology 100(1): e16-e27, 2023.

Tsou AY, Wu M, Kessler SK, Abend NS, Massey SL, Treadwell JR. : Surgical Treatments for Epilepsies in Children Aged 1-36 Months: A Systematic Review. Neurology 100(1): e1-e15, 2023.

Li Y, Scheffler A, Barkovitch AJ, Chang T, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Abend NS, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, Numis A, Franck L, Rogers E, Callen A, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA, Glass HC.: Neonatal Brain MRI and Short-Term Outcomes after Acute Provoked Seizures. Journal of Perinatology 11: 1392-1397, 2023.

McKee JL, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Fitzgerald MP, Massey SL, Fung F, Kessler SK, Witzman S, Abend NS, Helbig I. : Seizure prediction in 1117 neonates leveraging EMR-embedded standardized EEG reporting. Lancet Digital Health 5(4): e217-226, 2023.