John Frederick Brandsema, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Division of Neurology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3501 Civic Center Blvd., 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3501 Civic Center Blvd., 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1719
Fax: 215-590-1771
Fax: 215-590-1771
Education:
IB
Armand Hammer United World College of the American West, 1998.
BA (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Music Double Major)
Dartmouth College, 2002.
M.D.
Dalhousie University, 2007.
Permanent linkIB
Armand Hammer United World College of the American West, 1998.
BA (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Music Double Major)
Dartmouth College, 2002.
M.D.
Dalhousie University, 2007.
Selected Publications
Jiachen Zhou, Sigrid Nilius, Olga Pilipczuk, Anna Scowcroft, Thaïs Tarancón, Frank Tennigkeit, Piotr Zaremba, Nishtha Chandra, Nancy Kuntz, Jonathan Strober, John Brandsema : Treatment Patterns and Disease Burden of Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis in the United States: A Cohort Study Using Health Care Claims Databases Neurology 105(1): e213736, Jul 2025.Anil R Wadhwani, Ashna Aggarwal, Steven Loscalzao, Megan L McSherry, Justin L Lockman, John Frederick Brandsema, Jennifer McGuire, Susan Matesanz: Pearls & Oy-sters: Severe Myotonic Crisis Resembling Malignant Hyperthermia. Neurology 104(8): e213497, Apr 2025.
Katlyn Elizabeth McGrattan, Robert J Graham, Alicia Hofelich Mohr, Anna Miles, Jacqui Allen, Juliet Ochura, Kayla Hernandez, Katie Walsh, Vamshi Rao, Melanie Stevens, Lindsay Alfano, Mackenzi Coker, Carmen Leon-Astudillo, Leann Schow Smith, John Brandsema, Hiba Farah, Julia Welc, Deborah Salle Levy, Miranda Clements, Whitney J Tang, Tina Duong, Carolina Tesi Rocha, Graham Schenck, Heather McGhee, Keeley Nichols, Ashley Brown, Allison Brown, Diana Castro, Basil T Darras : Characterization of swallowing biomechanics and function in untreated infants with spinal muscular atrophy: A natural history dataset J Neuromuscul Dis 12(1): 22143602241308762, Jan-Feb 2025.
Natalie L Goedeker, Amanda Rogers, Mark Fisher, Kapil Arya, John F Brandsema, Hiba Farah, Michelle A Farrar, Marcia V Felker, Melissa Gibbons, Omer Abdul Hamid, Matthew Harmelink, Karen Herbert, Elizabeth Kichula, Kiana King, Arpita Lakhotia, Bo Hoon Lee, Nancy L Kuntz, Julie Parsons, Rebecca Rehborg, Aravindhan Veerapaniyan, Craig M Zaidman : Outcomes of early-treated infants with spinal muscular atrophy: A multicenter, retrospective cohort study Muscle Nerve 70(6): 1247-1256, Dec 2024.
Susan E Matesanz, Jonathan B Edelson, Katherine A Iacobellis, Erika Mejia, John F Brandsema, Carol A Wittlieb-Weber, Oluwatimilehin Okunowo, Heather Griffis, Kimberly Y Lin : Subspecialty Health Care Utilization in Pediatric Patients With Muscular Dystrophy in the United States Neurol Clin Pract 14(4): e200312, Aug 2024.
John F Brandsema, Matthew Ginsberg, Hideki Hoshino, Masakazu Mimaki, Satoru Nagata, Vamshi K Rao, Katherine Ruzhansky, Niraja Suresh, Emmanuelle Tiongson, Hideo Yamanouchi, Glen Frick, Eden Hicks, Serena Liao, James F Howard Jr; MG 303 Study Group : Eculizumab in Adolescent Patients With Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: A Phase 3, Open-Label, Multicenter Study Pediatr Neurol 156(1): 198-207, Jul 2024.
Rebecca J Willcocks, Alison M Barnard, Michael J Daniels, Sean C Forbes, William T Triplett, John F Brandsema, Erika L Finanger, William D Rooney, Sarah Kim, Dah-Jyuu Wang, Donovan J Lott, Claudia R Senesac, Glenn A Walter, H Lee Sweeney, Krista Vandenborne : Clinical importance of changes in magnetic resonance biomarkers for Duchenne muscular dystrophy Ann Clin Transl Neurol 11(1): 67-78, Jan 2024.
Licht DJ, Brandsema JF, Jacobwitz M, von Rhein M, Ehrler M and Latal B.: Neurologic Disorders in Children with Heart Disease. Swaiman’s Pediatric Neurology (Seventh Edition). K. Swaiman et al (Eds) (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 1554-1567, 2024.
Brandsema JF and Darras BT: Dystrophinopathies. Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease, Seventh Edition. Rosenberg and JM Pascual (eds.). London: Elsevier Academic Press, 2: 535-574, 2024.
Mohassel P, Yun P, Syeda S….Brandsema J...Bonnemann, CG: A comprehensive study of skeletal muscle imaging in FHL1-related reducing body myopathy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol Jul 2023 Notes: epub ahead of print.