Shavonne L Massey, MD, MSCE

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Pennsylvania Hospital
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Associate, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Lancaster General Hospital
Attending Physician, Virtua Hospital
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
AB (Psychology)
Princeton University, 2005.
MD (Medicine)
University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2009.
MSCE (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2018.
Permanent linkAB (Psychology)
Princeton University, 2005.
MD (Medicine)
University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2009.
MSCE (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2018.
Description of Clinical Expertise
EEGEpilepsy
Neonatal brain injury
Neonatal seizures
Neurocritical care
Neurogenetics
Description of Research Expertise
Diagnosis and Management of Seizures in High Risk Neonatal PopulationsEEG Biomarker Development
Selected Publications
Shellhaas RA, Franck LS, Pilon B, Wusthoff CJ, Massey SL, Chu CJ, Soul JS, Lemmon ME, Numis AL, Sturza JS, Thomas C, Benedetti GM, Rau SMD, Anwar T, Berl MM, McCulloch CE, Glass HC.: Sleep Disorders Five Years After Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures. Journal of Pediatrics 278, March 2025.Zerafati-Jahromi G, Oxman E, Hoang HD, Charng WL, Kotla T, Yuan W, Ishibashi K, Sebaoui S, Luedtke K, Winrow B, Ganetzky RD, Ruiz A, Manso-Basúz C, Spataro N, Kannu P, Athey T, Peroutka C, Barnes C, Sidlow R, Anadiotis G, Magnussen K, Valenzuela I, Moles-Fernandez A, Berger S, Grant CL, Vilain E, Arnadottir GA, Sulem P, Sulem TS, Stefansson K, Massey S, Ginn N, Poduri A, D'Gama AM, Valentine R, Trowbridge SK, Murali CN, Franciskovich R, Tran Y, Webb BD, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Hall AL, McGivern B, Monaghan KG, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Baldridge D, Silverman GA, Dahiya S, Turner TN, Schedl T, Corbin JG, Pak SC, Zohn IE, Gurnett CA.: Sequence Variants in HECTD1 Result in a Variable Neurodevelopmental Disorder. American Journal of Human Genetics 112(3): 537-553, March 2025.
Peng GS, Halsey K, Wusthoff CJ, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, Numis AL, Benedetti GM, Sturza J, Rogers EE, Franck LS, McCulloch CE, Soul JS, Shellhaas RA, Bonifacio SL, Glass HC.: Preferred Parental Language and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants With Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures in the United States. Pediatric Neurology 164: 115-121, March 2025.
Massey SL, Sandoval Karamian AG, Fitzgerald MP, Fung FW, Abramson A, Salmon MK, Parikh D, Abend NS.: Development of a Model to Predict Electroencephalographic Seizures in Neonates with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Therapeutic Hypothermia. Epilepsia 66(2): 518-530, February 2025.
Mattes AM, Shellhaas RA, Glass HC, Sturza J, Rau S, Lemmon M, Rogers EE, Numis A, Soul JS, Berl M, Wusthoff CJ, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Thomas C, Franck LS, McCulloch CE, Benedetti GM, Means J, Means K, Anwar T, Gidley Larson JC.: Neonatal Seizures and Associated Neurobehavioral Profiles in Preschool Age Children. Pediatric Neurology 163: 76-81, February 2025.
Wusthoff CJ, Numis AL, Pressler RM, Chu CJ, Massey S, Clancy RR, Nguyen S, Hahn CD, Scher MS, Pilon B, King DT 3rd, Wong HN, Tsuchida TN, Riviello JJ, Shellhaas RA.: The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Guideline on Indications for Continuous Electroencephalography Monitoring in Neonates. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 42(1): 1-11, January 2025.
Field NK, Franck LS, Shellhaas RA, Glass HC, Young KA, Dhar S, Hamlett A, Pilon B, Means K, Soul JS, Massey SL, Wusthoff CJ, Chu CJ, Thomas C, Rogers E, Berl MM, Benedetti GM, Anwar T, Lemmon ME; Neonatal Seizure Registry.: Life After Neonatal Seizures: Characterizing the Longitudinal Parent Experience. Pediatric Neurology 161: 76-83, December 2024.
Sandoval Karamian AG, DiGiovine MP, Massey SL: Neonatal Seizures. Pediatrics in Review 45(7): 381-393, July 2024.
Fitts W, Massey SL, McKee JK, Prelack MS: An Introduction to Epilepsy Care. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care 54(7), July 2024.
Yuan I, Georgostathi G, Zhang B, Hodges A, Kurth CD, Kirschen MP, Huh JW, Topjian AA, Lang SS, Richter A, Abend NS, Massey SL: Quantitative Electroencephalogram in Term Neonates Under Different Sleep States. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 38(3): 591-602, June 2024.