Nicholas S. Abend

Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Medical Director, Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Associate Scholar, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Epidemiology Unit, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

Director, Strategy and Inpatient Operations, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Division of Neurology)

Senior Medical Director, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Neuroscience Center)

Core Faculty, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Clinical Futures; Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness)

Distinguished Endowed Chair in the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Neurology

Contact information

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neurology, HUB 10548
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-1719
Fax: 215-590-1771

Email:
abend@chop.edu

Education:
BS
Washington University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
University of Chicago School of Medicine, 2002.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology )
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2015.

Post-Graduate Training
Pediatrics Internship, University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 2002-2003.
Pediatrics Residency, University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 2003-2004.
Child Neurology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania , 2004-2007.
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2007-2009.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Certificate, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007-2008.
Certificate - Development in Leadership, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2016.
Certificate - Healthcare Innovation, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.

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Description of Research Expertise

Pediatric Epilepsy
EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill Children and Neonates
Management of Pediatric Status Epilepticus

Description of Other Expertise

Quality Improvement

Selected Publications

Danzer E, Massey S, Flohrs S, Leny M, Casey H, Abramson A, Selenski P, Caning C, Eppley E, Conelly J, Herkert L, Rintoul N, Adzick S, Abend N, Hedrick H.: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: prevalence of seizures and outcomes. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 24(5): e224-e235, 2023.

Li Y, Scheffler A, Barkovitch AJ, Chang T, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Abend NS, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, Numis A, Franck L, Rogers E, Callen A, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA, Glass HC.: Neonatal Brain MRI and Short-Term Outcomes after Acute Provoked Seizures. Journal of Perinatology 11: 1392-1397, 2023.

Pressler R, Abend N, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, de Vries L, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn C, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi E, Moshe S, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes M, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas R, Subota A, Triki C, Tsuchida T, Vinayan Puthenveettil K, Wilmshurst J, Yazawitz E, Hartman H.: Treatment of Seizures in the Neonate: Guidelines and Consensus-based Recommendations. Epilepsia 64(10): 2550-2570, 2023.

Amengual-Gual M, Sanchez-Fernadez I, Vasquez A, Abend NS, Anderson A, Arya R, Barcia Aguilar C, Brenton JN, Carpenter JL, Chapman KE, Clark J, Farias-Moeller R, Gaillard WD, Glausser TA, Goldstein JL, Goodkin HP, Lai YC, Mikati MA, Morgan LA, Novotny EJ, Ostendorf AP, Payne ET, Peariso K, Piantino JJ, Reece L, Riviello JJ, Sannagowara K, Sheehan T, Tasker RC, Tchapyjnikov D, Topjian AA, Wainwright MS, Wilfong A, Williams K, Loddenkemper T.: Pediatric status epilepticus management by Emergency Medical Services. Seizure 111: 51-55, 2023.

Hsia J, Abend NS, Gaynor JW, Chen JM, Fuller S, Maeda K, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Leonard J, Ampah SB, Licht DJ, Massey SL, Naim MY.: Incidence of Postoperative Seizures in Neonates Following Cardiac Surgery with Regional Cerebral Perfusion and Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest. JTCVS Open 16: 771-783, 2023.

Catenaccio E, Bennett ML, Massey SL, Abend NS, Bergqvist C.: Tonic Seizures in a Patient with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Manifest as “Icicles” Rather than “Flames” on Quantitative EEG Analysis. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 40(2): e6-9, 2023.

Hong S, Wainwright MS, Abend NS, Appavu BL, Francoeur C, Erklauer JC, Guerriero RM, Guilliams KP, Lee-Eng J, Murphy SA, Pardo AC, Pineda JA, Ruzas CM, Topjian AA.: A Survey of Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship Training in North American. Pediatric Neurology 146: 1-7, 2023.

Fong S, Utidjian L, Kaur M, Abend N, Wainwright M, Grande K, Foskett N, Roebling R, Guerriero R, Jain B, Rao S, Stoltenberg M, Williams P, Yuen N, Dickinson K, McDonald J, Maltenfort M, Forrest C. : Safety of Intravenous Lacosamide in Neonates and Children in Real-World Settings. Epilepsia 64(9): 2297-2309, 2023.

Kaufman MC, Xian J, Galer PD, Parthasarathy S, Gonzalez AK, McKee JL, Helbig K, Ruggiero SM, Prelack MS, Fitzgerald MP, Craig S, Rametta SC, Molisani SE, Sharif U, Melamed SE, DiGiovinne M, Fried K, Malcolm MP, Kessler SK, Chadehumbe M, Szperka CL, Chuo J, Caffee L, Stephenson DJ, Banwell BL, Goldberg E, Abend NS, Helbig I. : Child Neurology Telemedicine: Analyzing 14,820 Encounters During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 65(3): 406-415, 2023.

Roberts KH, Barks LDE, Glass HC, Soul JS Chang T, Wusthoff CJ, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Abend NS, Lemmon M, Thomas C, Guillet R, Rogers EE, Franck LS, McCaffery H, Li Y, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA. : Feeding and Developmental Outcomes After Neonatal Seizures: A Prospective Observational Study. Annals of the Child Neurology Society 1(3): 209-217, 2023.