Marisa Sara Prelack, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Associate Medical Director of Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurology
Contact information
CHOP Specialty Care Center
481 John Young Way
Neurology
Exton, PA 19341
481 John Young Way
Neurology
Exton, PA 19341
Office: 215-590-7016
Fax: 215-590-0773
Fax: 215-590-0773
Education:
BS (Biopsychology)
Tufts University, 2008.
MD
Tufts University, 2012.
BS (Biopsychology)
Tufts University, 2008.
MD
Tufts University, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Pediatric Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2012-2014.
Child Neurology Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2014-2017.
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017-2018.
Pediatric Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2012-2014.
Child Neurology Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2014-2017.
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017-2018.
Certifications
ABPN Board Certification in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology , 2017.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy, 2018.
Permanent linkABPN Board Certification in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology , 2017.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy, 2018.
Selected Publications
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, Penn Sept 2024.Whitney Fitts 1, Shavonne L Massey 2, Jillian L McKee 1, Marisa S Prelack 1: An introduction to epilepsy care. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care 54(7), April 2024.
Sara Molisani, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 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 Conference Dec 2023.
Christina L Szperka 1 2, Stephanie Witzman 2, Svetlana Ostapenko 2, John T Farrar 1 3, Jesse Yenchih Hsu 3, Carrie P Malavolta 2, Janille D Bunney 2, Erin M Bange 4, Carlyn Patterson Gentile 1 2, Gerardo Velasquez 5, Blanca Marquez de Prado 2, Mahgenn Cosico 2, Meyeon Lee 2, Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell 1 2, Marisa S Prelack 1 2, Madeline A Chadehumbe 2, Donna J Stephenson 1 2, Elizabeth A Kichula 1 2, Scott C Tomaine 2, Andrew D Hershey 6 7: Patient headache questionnaires can improve headache diagnosis and treatment in children. Headache 63(10): 1359-1371, Nov 2023.
Sara E. Molisani, MD1,2, Darshana Parikh, BS, Marissa DiGiovine, MD, Dennis Dlugos, MD MSCE, Mark Fitzgerald, MD PhD, Lawrence Fried, MD, Ingo Helbig, MD, Sudha Kessler, MD MSCE, Pamela McDonnell, MD, Susan Melamed, CRNP, Marisa S. Prelack, MD, Uzma Sharif, MD, Sarah Tefft, CRNP, Jaclyn Tencer, MD, Stephanie Witzman BA, Kathy Shaw, MD MSCE, Nicholas S. Abend, MD MSCE1,2: A quality improvement initiative to improve folic acid supplementation counseling for adolescent females with epilepsy. Epilepsia July 2023 Notes: accepted July 2023.
Marisa Prelack, Sara Fridinger, Alexander Gonzalez, Michael Kaufman, Julie Xian, Peter Galer, Sansanee Craig, Nicholas Abend, Ingo Helbig, CHOP Neuroscience Center - VOC Research Group: Visits of concern in child neurology telemedicine. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. Wiley Online Library 64(11), November 2022.
Michael Kaufman, Julie Xian, Peter D. Galar, Sridhar Parthasarathy, Alexander K. Gonzalez, Jillian L. McKee, Marisa S. Prelack, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Ingo Helbig, Chop Neuroscience Center - Telemedicine Research Group: Child neurology telemedicine: Analyzing 14 820 patient encounters during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 00: 1-10, September 2022 Notes: Virtual.
Kaufman, Michael; Xian, Julie; Galer, Peter; Parthasarathy, Shridhar ; Gonzalez, Alexander; Helbig, Katherine; McKeown, Sarah; Prelack, Marisa; Fitzgerald, Mark; Craig, Sansanee; Rametta, Salvatore; Fridinger, Sara; Sharif, Uzma; Melamed, Susan; DiGiovine, Marissa; Fried, Lawrence; Malcolm, Marissa; Kessler, Sudha; Chadehumbe, Madeline; Szperka, Christina; Chuo, John; Caffee, Laurel; Stephenson, Donna; Banwell, Brenda; Goldberg, Ethan; Abend, Nicholas; Helbig, Ingo: One year of child neurology telemedicine: a data-driven analysis of 14,820 encounters. Pre-print server Page: DOI:10.1101/2021.12.15.21267868, December 2021.
Nicholas Abend, Marissa DiGiovine, Dennis Dlugos, Mark Fitzgerald, Lawrence Fried, Ingo Helbig, Sudha Kessler, Pamela McDonnell, Susan Melamed, Marisa Prelack, Uzma Sharif, Kathy Shaw, Sarah Tefft, Jaclyn Tencer, Stephanie Witzman: Improving Folate Supplementation Counseling for Adolescent Females with Epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society 64(10): 2818-2826, October 2021 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Mark P. Fitzgerald, Michael C. Kaufman, Shavonne L. Massey, Sara Fridinger, Marisa Prelack, Colin Ellis, Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez, Lawrence E. Fried, Marissa P. DiGiovine, CHOP Pediatric Epilepsy Program Collaborative, Susan Melamed, Marissa Malcolm, Brenda Banwell, Donna Stephenson, Stephanie M. Witzman, Alexander Gonzalez, Dennis Dlugos, Sudha Kilaru Kessler, Ethan M. Goldberg, Nicholas S. Abend, Ingo Helbig … See fewer authors : Assessing seizure burden in pediatric epilepsy using an electronic medical-record based tool through a common data element approach. Epilepsia 62(7): 1617-1628, July 2021.