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Marissa P. DiGiovine, MD
Marissa P. DiGiovine, MD

Marissa P. DiGiovine, MD

Marissa P. DiGiovine, MD, is a pediatric neurologist in the Division of Neurology and the Medical Director of the Responsive Neurostimulation Clinic (RNS) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of expertise: General Neurology, Pediatric epilepsy

Locations: Main Building


215-590-1719

About Marissa P. DiGiovine, MD

Titles

Attending Physician

Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Epilepsy – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Awards and Honors

2008, Sidney J. Sussman, MD, Award in Pediatrics
2007, Distinction in Service to the Community (DISC) - UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2006-2007, 2006-2007 Coccia Annual Scholarship, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

  • 2013-present, American Epilepsy Society
  • 2012-present, Child Neurology Society
  • 2010-present, American Academy of Neurology
  • 2008-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
    • 2017-present, Chair, External Affairs Committee within the Section on Neurology
    • 2014-present, Early Career Physicians
    • 2008-present, Section on Neurology

Education & training

Medical Degree

MD - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

Residency

Pediatrics - Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY
Pediatric Neurology - Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Fellowship

Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Research Fellowship - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2017

Prelack M and DiGiovine M: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: a Current Review. Current Pediatrics Reports 2017.

2016

Bearden D, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Goldberg E. Reply. Ann Neurol. 2016 Mar;79(3):503-4. 

2014

Rossman IT; Lin L; Morgan KM; DiGiovine M; Van Buskirk EK; Kamdar S; Millonig JH; Dicicco-Bloom E: Engrailed2 modulates cerebellar granule neuron precursor proliferation, differentiation and insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling during postnatal development. Molecular Autism [Mol Autism 5 (1), pp. 9, Feb 2014.

Bearden D, Strong A, Ehnot J, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Goldberg EM. Targeted treatment of migrating partial seizures of infancy with quinidine. Ann Neurol. 2014;76(3):457-461.

Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)

2017

Massey S, Clancy R, Digiovine M, Fitzgerald MP, Fung F, Shou H, Farrar J, Abend NS. Inter-rater agreement in neonatal electroencephalogram background scoring. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Dec. 2017, Washington, D.C.

Lectures by Invitation
2018

DiGiovine, M. "Pediatric Epilepsy: Things to Know for the Medical Professional," Central Jersey Speech and Hearing Association, Hopewell, NJ. May 2018.

2017

DiGiovine, M. Pediatric Grand Rounds - AtlantiCare Medical Center - "Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes". Feb 2017.

Patient experience rating

(based on 94 submissions)
  • Provider listened carefully
    4.9 of 5
  • Trust provider with care
    4.9 of 5
  • Provider gave enough info about child's health
    4.9 of 5
  • Would recommend the provider
    4.9 of 5
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