Selected Publications

Colin A. Ellis, Juliette Copeland, Isabella Velez, Karen L. Oliver, Hannah Shalaby, Aaron Baldwin, Caren Armstrong, Amanda Back, Brianna Berlin, Stacey Cohen, Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, Danielle deCampo,Holly Dubbs, Natalie Ginn,Alicia G. Harrison, Naomi Lewin, Laina Lusk, Eric D. Marsh, Shavonne L. Massey,Pamela P. McDonnell, Jillian L. McKee,Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez, Anna J. Prentice, Katie Rose Sullivan, Katherine S. Taub, Sarah M. Ruggiero, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Ethan Goldberg, Ingo Helbig: Genetic testing for familial epilepsies: diagnostic yield and genetic findings. Epilepsia June 2026 Notes: accepted for publication.

Molisani SE, Kaufman MC, Tencer J, Fitzgerald M, Witzman S, Gonzalez AK, Ramos M, DiGiovine M, Kessler SK, McDonnell PP, McKee J, Melamed S, Prelack M, Tefft S, Abend NS.: Medication Barriers in Pediatric Patients With Epilepsy. Pediatric Neurology January 2026.

Marie E Varnet, Hamza Dahshi, Kimberly Goodspeed, Pamela P McDonnell, Laina Lusk, Dallas Michael Armstrong: Beyond Seizure Management in a Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathy: Expanding the SLC6A1 Neurodevelopmental Disorder Phenotype. Neurology Genetics 2026.

Brian LaGrant, MD, Mark Ramos, BS, Alexander K Gonzalez, MBA, MS, Yessenia Ortiz, and Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, MD, FAES: Implementation and Impact of a Spanish Language Pediatric Neurology Clinic: Early Insights. Child Neurology Society meeting, Charlotte, NC October 2025 Notes: accepted.

McDonnell, PP; Ortiz, Y; Abend, NS; Kaufman, MC; Xian, J; Gonzalez, AK; Molisani, S; Helbig, I.: A simple intervention improves access to telemedicine for Spanish-speaking families in an outpatient pediatric epilepsy clinic. Journal of Child Neurology May 2025.

Dawn Deike, DO; Pamela McDonnell, MD, FAES; Coralee Del Valle Mojica, MD, MPH; Monica Lu, MD; Kate E Wallis, MD, MPH; Cassie Kline, MD, MAS; Stephanie Menko, MD; Priscilla Ortiz, PhD; Gabriela Jenicek, Katie McPeak, MD: Providing Language Access Training at CHOP to the Department of Pediatrics. CHOP Health Equity Week April 2025.

Varnet M, Armstong D, Goodspeed, K, Lusk L, and Mcdonnell, P.: Prevalence of Behavior Concerns in SLC6A1 Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Thinking Beyond Seizure Management in Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies. American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA April 2025.

Scala M, Bradley CA, Howe JL, Trost B, Salazar NB, Shum C, Reuter MS, MacDonald JR, Ko SY, Frankland PW, Granger L, Anadiotis G, Pullano V, Brusco A, Keller R, Parisotto S, Pedro HF, Lusk L, McDonnell PP, Helbig I, Mullegama SV; Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Douine ED, Russell BE, Nelson SF, Zara F, Scherer SW.: Genetic variants in DDX53 contribute to autism spectrum disorder associated with the Xp22.11 locus. Am J Hum Genet January 2025.

Michael E. Baumgartner, PhD, Elias Atallah, MD, Kathleen Galligan, PA-C, Pamela McDonnell, MD, and Benjamin C. Kennedy, MD: Endoscopic trans-ventricular "inside-out" corpus callosotomy: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 8(9): 24160, August 2024.

J. Hart, MD; M. Blackstone, MD; V. Scheid, MD; T. Kaur, MD; S. Haas, MD; P. Mcdonnell, MD: L. Fried, MD; J. Burns, MD; K. Murphy, D: Emergency Department and Inpatient Clinical Pathway for Evaluation/Treatment of Children with Febrile Seizures Without Neurologic Disease. Clinical Pathways July 2024 Notes: https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/febrile-seizures-without-known-seizure-disorder-emergency-and-inpatient-clinical-pathway.