Craig Adam Press, MD, PhD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Medical Director Neuroscience Unit, CHOP/Neuroscience Center
Department: Neurology

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3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Education:
BS (Biomedical Engineering)
Northwestern University, 2002.
MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 2010.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Pediatric Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Neurohospitalist Medicine, Pediatric Epilepsy and Critical Care EEG.

Description of Research Expertise

Pediatric Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Epilepsy, Critical Care EEG, Quantitative EEG, Pediatric Neurohospitalist Medicine, Post-Cardiac Arrest Outcomes, Utilizing Big Data for Pediatric Neurology

Selected Publications

Mazzio, Emma, Mistry, Rakesh D., Rosenthal, Scott, Ser, Eileen, Jewell, Jerry, Martin, Jan, Messer, Ricka, Straley, Megan, Leonard, Jan, Press, Craig A.: Neuroimaging for Pediatric Non-First-Time Seizures in the Emergency Department. Neurology: Clinical Practice Page: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001165, 2022.

Murphy OC, Messacar K, Benson L, Bove R, Carpenter JL, Crawford T, Dean J, DeBiasi R, Desai J, Elrick MJ, Farias- Moeller R, Gombolay GY, Greenberg B, Harmelink M, Hong S, Hopkins SE, Oleszek J, Otten C, Sadowsky CL, Schreiner TL, Thakur KT, Van Haren K, Carballo CM, Chong PF, Fall A, Gowda VK, Helfferich J, Kira R, Lim M, Lopez EL, Wells EM, Yeh EA, Pardo CA, AFM working group.: Acute flaccid myelitis: cause, diagnosis, and management. Lancet 197(10271): 334-46, 2021.

Miller, Bradley R, Press, Craig, Daniels, Richard W, Sasaki, Yo, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, DiAntonio, Aaron: A dual leucine kinase-dependent axon self-destruction program promotes Wallerian degeneration. Nature Neuroscience 12: 387-9, 2009.

Ackley E, Press CA, Tchou M, Parker S, Dominguez S, Gaensbauer J, Messacar K.: AKI In Suspected Meningitis/Encephalitis May Be “Avoidable Kidney Injury” Hosp. Pediatr 2021 Notes: in press.

Press C, Milbrandt J.: Nmnat delays axonal degeneration caused by mitochondrial and oxidative stress. J. Neurosci 28(19): 4861-71, 2008.

Press C, Milbrandt J.: The purine nucleosides adenosine and guanosine delay axonal degeneration in vitro. J Neurochem 109(2): 595-602, 2009.

Messacar K, Spence-Davizon E, Osborne C, Press C, Schreiner TL, Martin J, et al.: Clinical characteristics of enterovirus A71 neurological disease during an outbreak in children in Colorado, USA, in 2018: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis 20(2): 230-9, 2020.

Press CA, Kirschen M, LaRovere K, Risen S, Guilliams KP, Chung M, et al.: Variation in Treatment and Outcomes of Children With Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. Hosp Pediatr. 10(2): 159-65, 2020.

O'Brien, N. F., Reuter-Rice, K., Wainwright, M. S., Kaplan, S. L., Appavu, B., Erklauer, J. C., Ghosh, S., Kirschen, M., Kozak, B., Lidsky, K., Lovett, M. E., Mehollin-Ray, A. R., Miles, D. K., Press, C. A., Simon, D. W., Tasker, R. C., LaRovere, K. L.: Practice Recommendations for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography in Critically Ill Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Multidisciplinary Expert Consensus Statement. J Pediatr Intensive Care 10(2): 133-142, 2021.

Koh, S., Wirrell, E., Vezzani, A., Nabbout, R., Muscal, E., Kaliakatsos, M., Wickstrom, R., Riviello, J. J., Brunklaus, A., Payne, E., Valentin, A., Wells, E., Carpenter, J. L., Lee, K., Lai, Y. C., Eschbach, K., Press, C. A., Gorman, M., Stredny, C. M., Roche, W., Mangum, T.: Proposal to optimize evaluation and treatment of Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): A Report from FIRES workshop. Epilepsia Open 6(1): 62-72, 2021.

Keene, Jennifer C., Morgan, Lindsey A., Abend, Nicholas S., Bates, Sara V., Bauer Huang, Sarah L., Chang, Taeun, Chu, Catherine J., Glass, Hannah C., Massey, Shavonne L., Ostrander, Betsy, Pardo, Andrea C., Press, Craig A., Soul, Janet S., Shellhaas, Renée A., Thomas, Cameron, Natarajan, Niranjana: Treatment of Neonatal Seizures: Comparison of Treatment Pathways From 11 Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pediatric Neurology 2021.

Francoeur, C., Weiss, M. J., Macdonald, J. M., Press, C., Greer, D. M., Berg, R. A., Topjian, A. A., Morrison, W., Kirschen, M. P.: Variability in Pediatric Brain Death Determination Protocols in the United States. Neurology 2021.

Press, C. A., Lindsay, A., Stence, N. V., Fenton, L. Z., Bernard, T. J., Mirsky, D. M.: Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis in Children: Imaging Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes. Stroke 46(9): 2657-60, 2015.

Press, C. A., Knupp, K. G., Chapman, K. E.: Parental reporting of response to oral cannabis extracts for treatment of refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 45: 49-52, 2015.

Kirschen MP, LaRovere K, Balakrishnan B, Erklauer J, Francoeur C, Ganesan S, Jayakar A, Lovett M, Muchette M, Press CA, Wolf M, Ferrazzano P, Wainwright MS, Appavu B: A survey of neuromonitoring practices in North American pediatric intensive care units. Pediatric Neurology 2021 Notes: In Press.

Williams, C. N., Hall, T. A., Francoeur, C., Kurz, J., Rasmussen, L., Hartman, M. E., O'Meara A, I., Ferguson, N. M., Fink, E. L., Walker, T., Drury, K., Carpenter, J. L., Erklauer, J., Press, C., Wainwright, M. S., Lovett, M., Dapul, H., Murphy, S., Risen, S., Guerriero, R. M., Woodruff, A., Guilliams, K. P.: Continuing Care For Critically Ill Children Beyond Hospital Discharge: Current State of Follow-up. Hosp Pediatr 2022.

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