Christopher B B. Massa, MS, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Anesthesiologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2672942208
Email:
massac@chop.edu
massac@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Biomedical Engineering)
The Johns Hopkins University , 2006.
MS (Biomedical Engineering)
The University of Vermont , 2008.
PhD (Toxicology)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , 2014.
MD (Medicine)
UMDNJ/Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , 2016.
Permanent linkBS (Biomedical Engineering)
The Johns Hopkins University , 2006.
MS (Biomedical Engineering)
The University of Vermont , 2008.
PhD (Toxicology)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , 2014.
MD (Medicine)
UMDNJ/Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , 2016.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Monitoring real-time ventilation distribution in children.Anesthesia for children with cardiac disease for non-cardiac surgery.
Description of Research Expertise
Measurement and modeling of pulmonary mechanical function, nitric oxide physiology and biological chemistrySelected Publications
Jenna R Cheminant, Cassandra E Deering-Rice, Christopher B Massa, Ujjwal Adhikari, Jessica Noll, Christopher A Reilly, Alessandro Venosa: Parenchymal and inflammatory responses to ozone exposure in the aging healthy and surfactant protein C mutant lung. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. American Physiological Society, 328(3): L334-L349, 3 2025.Christopher B Massa, Jason H.T. Bates: Pulmonary Mechanical Function and Gas Exchange. Comprehensive Toxicology, 4th Edition. Elsevier, 14(6), 2025.
Christopher B. Massa: Heterogeniety Of Neonatal REspiratory Disorders: A Comment. Anesthesiology 142(6): 1180-1181, 6 2025.
Christopher B Massa, Anthony Alexander: POCUS and Aeration heterogeneity in neonates and how it may vary with different respiratory disorders. Pediatric Anesthesiology Article of the Day. Myron Yaster (eds.). December 2024.
Jones Oguh S, Iyer RS, Yuan I, Missett R, Daly Guris RJ, Johnson G, Babus LW, Massa CB, McClung-Pasqualino H, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Sequera-Ramos L, Kurth CD.: Implementation of an electroencephalogram-guided propofol anesthesia practice in a large academic pediatric hospital: A quality improvement project. Paediatric Anaesthesiology. 34(2): 160-166, Feb 2024.
Yuan I, Missett R, Jones-Oguh S, Massa C, Babus L, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz A, Daly Guris R, Johnson J, McClung-Pasqualino H, Sequera-Ramos L, Subramanyam Iyer R, Kurth C: Implementation of an electroencephalogram-guided propofol anesthesia education program in an academic pediatric anesthesia practice. Pediatric Anesthesia 32(11): 1252-1261, November 2022.
Nguyen J, Deering-Rice C, Armstrong B, Massa C, Reilly C, Venosa A: Parenchymal and Inflammatory Cell Responses to Single and Repeated Ozone Exposure in Healthy and Surfactant Protein-C Mutant Lung. Toxicological Sciences. Oxford University Press, 198(1): 107-123, September 2022.
Ko R, Massa CB, Saraiya N, Cheung EW: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): Experiences With a New Disease Process. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesia 34(1): 127-131, 2022.
Massa CB, Lin A, Sun L: Perioperative Adverse Events in Children Undergoing Multiple non-Cardiac Surgical Procedures. The American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference (Virtual) July 2021 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Massa CB, Liu Z, Taylor S, Pettit A, Stakheyeva M, Korotkova E, Popova V, Atochina-Vasserman E, Gow AJ) : Biological mechanisms of S-nitrosothiol formation and degradation: how is specificity of S-nitrosylation achieved? Antioxidants 10(7): 1111, 2021.