Marissa Anto, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, CHOP
Department: Neurology
Education:
BA (History of Architecture)
Harvard University, 2008.
MSc (Health, Community, and Development)
London School of Economics, 2009.
MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2016.
Permanent linkBA (History of Architecture)
Harvard University, 2008.
MSc (Health, Community, and Development)
London School of Economics, 2009.
MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2016.
Selected Publications
Kellier D, Anto MM, Hall M, Marin J, Nash K, Wells EM, Abend NS, Hutchinson ML, Moharir M, Messer RD, Palaganas JL, Piantino J, Szperka C, Press C; as the Pediatric Neurohospitalist Work Group.: Association of Race and Ethnicity With Emergency Room Rate of Migraine Diagnosis, Testing, and Management in Children With Headache. Neurology 104: e213351, Mar 2025.Whitney Fitts, Amanda G. Sandoval Karamian,Marissa M. Anto, Shavonne L Massey, France W Fung, Nicholas S. Abend, Mark P. Fitzgerald: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic associations with outcomes in neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: a retrospective cohort study. Manuscript Submitted 2025.
Melanie Gonzalez, BS; Blanca Marquez Prado; Alison Marshall; Mark Ramos; Mark Fitzgerald; Christina Szperka; Marissa Anto, MD: Medications Prescribed for Pediatric Status Migrainosus: An Observational Study and the Path Forward in Assessing Therapeutic Effectiveness. Child Neurology Society 2025 2025.
Kellier DJ, Anto M, Boland MR, Press CA, Hughes NT, Ostapenko S, Farrar JT, Szperka CL: Disparities in Pediatric Outpatient Office Visits After First-time Migraine-related Emergency Visit. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting April 2024. 2024.
Anto, M; Kaufman, M, SC; Szperka, CL.: Disparities in Nerve Block Administration in Pediatric Patients with Headache at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. American Headache Society Annual Meeting 2024. 2024.
Kellier DJ, Anto M, Boland MR, Press CA, Hughes NT, Ostapenko S, Farrar JT, Szperka CL: Evaluation and Treatment of Pediatric Migraine in the Emergency Department Using a Language-Learning Model. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting April 2024. 2024.
Anto, M; Kaufman, M, SC; Szperka, CL.: Disparities in Nerve Block Administration in Pediatric Patients with Headache at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. American Headache Society Annual Meeting. June, 2024. 2024.
Marissa Anto, MD; Dina Karvounides, PhD; Jillyan Magerman Lynch, LCSW; Madeline Chadehumbe, MD; Christina Szperka MD, MSCE: Implementing Screening and Treatment for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Pediatric Patients with Headache at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 63(7): 965-967, August 2023.
Anto M, Shipley SC, Massey S, Szperka CL. : Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Associated With Seizures in Children: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Neurol Clin Pract. 13(2)(e200136.), April 2023.
Kellier DJ, Anto M, Boland MR, Marquez de Prado B, Hughes N, Ostapenko S, Farrar JT, Szperka CL: Disparities in medical documentation for pediatric headache in the emergency room (poster). American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting Jun 2023. 2023.