Christopher B. Massa, MD, PHD

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
MD - Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
Anesthesiology - New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Anesthesiology - New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Pediatric Anesthesiology - New York Presbyterian Hospital - Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York, NY
PhD in Toxicology - Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
MS in Biomedical Engineering - University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Attending Anesthesiologist
A Molotkov, N Bhatt, M Doubrovin, J Castrillon, CB Massa, A Gerber, J D’Armiento, M Goldklang, A Mintz. (2020) Multimodality molecular imaging of the alveolar-capillary barrier in lung disease using albumin based optical and PET tracers. Molecular Biomedicine. 1(1):17.
Botelho DJ, Bey L, Massa CB, Sarkar S, Tetley T, Chung KF, Chen S, Ryan M, Porter A, Zhang J, Atochina-Wasserman E, Schwander S, Gow AJ. (2018). Exposure to silver nanospheres leads to altered respiratory mechanics & delayed immune response in an in vivo murine model. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9 (1). 213.
CB Massa, AM Groves, S Jaggernauth, DL Laskin, AJ. Gow. (2017). Histologic and biochemical alterations predict lung mechanical dysfunction in aging and chronically inflamed mice. PLOS Computational Biology.13:(8) e1005570 .
Sunil VR, Vayas KN, Fang M, Zarbl H, Massa CB, Gow AJ, et al. (2016). World Trade Center (WTC) dust exposure in mice is associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and epigenetic changes in the lung. Experimental and Molecular Pathology.102(1):50-8.
Botelho DJ, Bey L, Massa CB, Sarkar S, Tetley T, Chung KF, Chen S, Ryan M, Porter A, Zhang J, Schwander S, Gow AJ. (2016). Low dose AgNPs reduce lung mechanical function and innate immune defense in the absence of cellular toxicity. Nanotoxicology. 10 (1). 118-127.
L Knudsen, EN Atochina-Vasserman, CB Massa, B Birkelbach, CJ Guo, PA Scott, B Haenni, MF Beers, M Ochs, AJ Gow. The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) for interstitial remodeling of alveolar septa in surfactant protein D (SP-D) deficient mice. (2015). The American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 309 (1) L959-L969.
VR Sunil, KN Vayas, JA Cervelli, R Malaviya, LR Hall, CB Massa, AJ Gow, JD Laskin, DL Laskin. (2014). Pentoxifylline attenuates nitrogen mustard-induced acute lung injury, oxidative stress and inflammation. Experimental and molecular pathology. 97 (1), 89-98.
CB Massa, P Scott, E Abramova, C Gardner, DL Laskin, AJ Gow. (2014). Acute chlorine gas exposure produces transient inflammation and a progressive alteration in surfactant composition with accompanying mechanical dysfunction. Toxicology and applied pharmacology. 278(1), 53-64.
CB Massa, P Pagano, HT Lee, C Russell. (2018) Difficult Tracheosteomy Complicated by Tension Pneumothorax and Cardiac Arrest Requiring ECMO. The American Society of Anesthesiologists National Meeting. Medically challenging case - Oct 2018.
Wang A, CB Massa, P Yim. (2018) Hemothorax after laparoscopic bariatric surgery. The American Society of Anesthesiologists National Meeting. Oct 2018 – formal citation pending