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, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Clinical Associate, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Lancaster General Hospital
Attending Physician, Virtua Hospital
Director of Neonatal Neurophysiology , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Links
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Charting Pediatrics Podcast, "Seizures and Paroxysmal Events: Diagnosis and Management of Events That Worry Us", American Academic of Pediatrics National Convention and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, October 2019
Charting Pediatrics Podcast, "Seizures or Something Else", recorded at the American Academic of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, September 2025
Search PubMed for articles
Charting Pediatrics Podcast, "Seizures and Paroxysmal Events: Diagnosis and Management of Events That Worry Us", American Academic of Pediatrics National Convention and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, October 2019
Charting Pediatrics Podcast, "Seizures or Something Else", recorded at the American Academic of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, September 2025
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
Glass HC, Numis AL, Soul JS, Wusthoff CJ, Lemmon ME, Benedetti GM, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Thomas C, Anwar T, Sturza J, Berl MM, Li Y, Rogers EE, Rau S, Gidley Larson JC, Guerrero JL, Franck LS, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA. : Profiles and Predictors of Neurodevelopmental Outcome at 5-6 Years in Children With a History of Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures. Annals of Neurology January 2026 Notes: Epub ahead of print.Numis AL, Glass HC, Soul JS, Wusthoff CJ, Massey SL, Benedetti GM, Chu CJ, Thomas C, Anwar T, Lemmon ME, Franck LS, Berl MM, Pilon B, Rau SMD, Li Y, Sturza J, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA.: Postneonatal epilepsy after acute provoked neonatal seizures: Incidence, predictors, and clinical burden in a multicenter cohort followed through early childhood. Epilepsia 66(12): 4844-4856, December 2025.
Numis AL, Glass HC, Soul JS, Wusthoff CJ, Massey SL, Benedetti GM, Chu CJ, Thomas C, Anwar T, Lemmon ME, Franck LS, Berl MM, Pilon B, Rau SMD, Li Y, Sturza J, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA: Postneonatal epilepsy after acute provoked neonatal seizures: Incidence, predictors, and clinical burden in a multicenter cohort followed through early childhood. Epilepsia August 2025 Notes: online ahead of print.
Franck LS, Lemmon ME, Grossbauer L, Pawlowski K, Sturza JS, Wusthoff CJ, Massey SL, Chu CJ, Soul JS, Numis AL, Thomas C, Benedetti GM, Anwar T, Berl MM, Gidley Larson JC, Rogers EE, Chen C, McCulloch CE, Glass HC, Shellhaas RA: Parent and Family Well-Being and Associated Risk Factors as Children with Neonatal Seizures Reach Preschool and School-Age: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. J Pediatr Clin Pract 16, May 2025.
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.