Marissa Digiovine, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Attending Physician, Penn Princeton Hospital
Attending Physician, Virtua Voorhees Hospital
Attending Physician, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3501 Civic Center Blvd
1st Floor, Office 1200.6
Philadelphia, PA 19104
1st Floor, Office 1200.6
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-250-9371
Fax: 267-590-2950
Fax: 267-590-2950
Education:
BA (Anthropology, Biological Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
MD
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2008.
BA (Anthropology, Biological Basis of Behavior)
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
MD
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2008.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2008-2010.
Resident, Pediatric Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein School of Medicine, 2010-2013.
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2013-2014.
Resident, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2008-2010.
Resident, Pediatric Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein School of Medicine, 2010-2013.
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2013-2014.
Certifications
ABPN Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology , 2014.
ABPN Board Certified in Epilepsy, 2016.
Permanent linkABPN Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology , 2014.
ABPN Board Certified in Epilepsy, 2016.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Medical Director, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Responsive Neurostimulation Clinic (CHOP RNS Clinic)Selected Publications
Shikha Singh, BS, Caren Armstrong, MD, PhD, Susan E Melamed, MSN, CRNP, Kathleen Galligan, MS, PA-C, Michelle Han, MD, Marissa DiGiovine, MD, Sudha K Kessler, MD, MSCE, Benjamin C Kennedy, MD: Safety Profile of Intracranial Stimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children. Congress of Neurologic Surgeons 2024 Annual Meeting in Houston, Tx Oct 2024 Notes: Abstract + oral presentation.Molisani, Digiovine, Dlugos, Fitzgerald, Fried, Giblin, Gonzalez, Helbig, Kaufman, Kessler, McDonnell, McKee, Murphy, Parikh, Prelack, Ramos, Riisen, Scotti-Degnan, Szperka, Tefft, Witzman, Abend: Nudging the neurologist: Improving pediatric epilepsy care to align with American Academy of Neurology quality measures. 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium in Philadelphia, PA (At UPenn) Sept 2024.
Sandoval Karamian AG, DiGiovine MP, Massey SL. : Neonatal Seizures. Pediatr Rev. 45(7): 381-393, July 2024.
Liming Qiu, Isaac Jonathan Pomeraniec, Ramya Raghupathi, H Isaac Chen, Marissa P Digiovine, Eva Catenaccio, Benjamin C Kennedy, Casey H Halpern: Magnetic resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas. Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Conference 2024 in Toronto, CA July 2024.
Han M, DiGiovine MP, Armstrong C.: An overview of responsive neurostimulation for the pediatrician. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care July 2024.
Greenberg, Adam; Griffaton, Summer; Tuttle, Martin; Caffee, Laurel; Stoney, Sarah; DiGiovine, Marissa; Fried, Lawrence : Gamification of Medication Management for Transition-Aged Patients with Epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting Dec 2023.
Sara Molisani, MD; Nicholas Abend, MD, MSCE – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Ingo Helbig, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Marissa DiGiovine, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Mark Fitzgerald, MD, PhD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Lawrence Fried, MD, MBA – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Alexander Gonzalez, MS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Michael Kaufman, MS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Sudha Kessler, MD, MSCE – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Pamela McDonnell, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Susan Melamed, CRNP – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Darshana Parikh, BA – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Marisa Prelack, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Mark Ramos, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Amanda Riisen, PsyD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Carinna Scotti-Degnan, PhD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Sarah Tefft, CRNP – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Stephanie Witzman, BA – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Establishing a Model for Site Participation in an Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System. American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting Dec 2023.
Sarah Stoney, MSW 1, LSW, Summer Griffaton, BA1 , Bethany Thomas, DNP2, Nicole Hartmann, MD2, Kerith Jangam, BS1, Laurel Caffeé, BA1, Marissa DiGiovine, MD1 2, Lawrence E. Fried, MD, MBA1 2 , Adam Greenberg, CRNP1 1.The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP); 2.University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: Development of a Social Worker-Led Epilepsy Transition of Care Clinic. American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting Dec 2023.
Molisani SE, Parikh D, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Fitzgerald MP, Fried L, Helbig I, Kessler SK, McDonnell PP, Melamed S, Prelack MS, Sharif U, Tefft S, Tencer J, Witzman S, Shaw K, Abend NS. : A quality improvement initiative to improve folic acid supplementation counseling for adolescent females with epilepsy. Epilepsia Oct 2023.
Child Neurology Foundation et al: Shortening the Diagnostic Odyssey. Child Neurology Foundation 2023 Notes: https://www.childneurologyfoundation.org/shortening-the-diagnostic-odyssey.