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.Massa CB, Bates JHTR: Pulmonary Mechanical Function and Gas Exchange. Comprehensive Toxicology, 4th Edition. McQueen CA (eds.). Elsevier SCience, Philadelphia, PA, 14(6), 2025 Notes: In Press.
Massa CB: Heterogeniety Of Neonatal REspiratory Disorders: A Comment. Anesthesiology 142(6): 1180-1181, 6 2025.
Massa CB, Alexander A: POCUS and Aeration heterogeneity in neonates and how it may vary with different respiratory disorders. Pediatric Anesthesiology Article of the Day. Yaster M (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.