Overview
Nicholas Abend is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abend is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Epilepsy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 189 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 83 articles in the study of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
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Locations
2104 Harrisburg Pike, Suite 300, Lancaster, PA 17601
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
2 Clinical Trials
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
Shavonne Massey is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Massey is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Absence Seizure, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Catherine Chu is the director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology and the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center in the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, as well as the vice president of child neurology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. As a child neurologist, epileptologist and clinical neurophysiologist, Dr. Chu cares for children diagnosed with epilepsy and disorders of the nervous system (neurophysiology). She specializes in electroencephalogram (also known as EEG) analysis, seizure localization, surgical planning and neuromodulation for adult and pediatric patients with difficult to control epilepsy. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her work identifying causes of and treatment options for cognitive dysfunction and seizures in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu’s team specializes in identifying and developing tools to detect and understand brain rhythms that support complex cognitive functions throughout development, including how these rhythms are disrupted by seizures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu earned her medical degree and a master’s degree in social anthropology from Harvard University. She completed an internship in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, and then a residency in neurology and child neurology at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After completing two fellowships at Massachusetts General, one in epilepsy and another in clinical neurophysiology, Dr. Chu earned a master’s degree in medical science, focused on clinical investigation, from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chu is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, and Epilepsy.
Dennis Dlugos is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Dlugos is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, West Syndrome, and Myoclonic Epilepsy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- EpilepsyDr. Abend isElite. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Abend isElite. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- SeizuresDr. Abend isElite. Learn about Seizures.
- Status EpilepticusDr. Abend isElite. Learn about Status Epilepticus.
- Distinguished
- Absence SeizureDr. Abend isDistinguished. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Abend isDistinguished. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- Advanced
- Myoclonic EpilepsyDr. Abend isAdvanced. Learn about Myoclonic Epilepsy.
- Spasmus NutansDr. Abend isAdvanced. Learn about Spasmus Nutans.
- West SyndromeDr. Abend isAdvanced. Learn about West Syndrome.
- Experienced
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Abend isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- Epilepsy Juvenile AbsenceDr. Abend isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy Juvenile Absence.
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)Dr. Abend isExperienced. Learn about Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS).
- Partial SeizureDr. Abend isExperienced. Learn about Partial Seizure.

