Neurology
Susan Matesanz, MD
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology in Pediatrics

Education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Matesanz is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Susan E Matesanz, Jonathan B Edelson, Katherine A Iacobelli, Erika Mejia, John F Brandsema, Carol A Wittlieb-Weber, Oluwatimilehin Okunowo, Heather Griffis, Kimberly Y Lin Subspecialty Health Care Utilization in Pediatric Patients With Muscular Dystrophy in the United States , Neurol Clin Pract , 14(4): 2024,e200312


Susan E. Matesanz, Karlla W. Brigatti, Millie Young, Sabrina W. Yum, Kevin A. Strauss Preemptive dual therapy for children at risk for infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy , Ann Clin Transl Neurol , 11(7): 2024,1868-1878


Estilow, T., Anderson, K., Flickinger, J., Yum, S., Brandsema, J., Matesanz, S., Kichula E., De Vivo, D., Montes, J., Salazar, R., Connett, K. Mercuri, E., Coratti, G., Finkel, R., Civitello, M., Wells, J., Day, J., Dunnaway Young, S., Duong, T., Gee, R., Darras, B., Pasternak, A., McDermott, M., Martens, B., Zolkipli Cunningham, Z., Glanzman, A. Quantitative Evaluation of Upper Extremity Strength and Joint Contractures in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II: Implications for Motor Function , Cure SMA Annual Conference : 2024


Allan Glanzman, Mallory Gardner, Nathalie Musey, Jean Flickinger, Jennifer Jones, Susan Matesanz, Elizabeth Kichula, Sabrina Yum, John Brandsema Serial Casting for Contracture in SMA: A Comparative Analysis with Cerebral Palsy and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy , CureSMA 2023 Annual conference: 2023


Susan E. Matesanz, Karlla W. Brigatti, Millie Young, Kevin A. Strauss Muscle Ultrasound in Children with SMA Treated with Early Mono or Dual Therapy , CureSMA 2023 Annual Conference: 2023


John F. Brandsema, Susan E. Matesanz Types of Neuromuscular Disease , Pulmonary Assessment and Management of Patients with Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease: 2023,3-22


Erika J Mejia, Kimberly Y Lin, Oluwatimilehin Okunowo, Katherine A Iacobellis, Susan E Matesanz, John F Brandsema, Carol A Wittlieb-Weber, Hannah Katcoff, Heather Griffis, Jonathan B Edelson Health Care Use of Cardiac Specialty Care in Children With Muscular Dystrophy in the United States , J Am Heart Assoc , 11(8): 2022


Matesanz, SE., Battista, V., Flickinger, J., Jones, JN., Kichula, EA Clinical Experience with Gene Therapy in Older Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients , Pediatr Neurol, 118(1): 2021,1-5


Neese, JM., Yum, S., Matesanz, S., Raffini, LJ., Whitworth, HB., Loomes, KM., Mayer, OH., Alcalmo, AM Intracranial Hemorrhage Secondary to Vitamin K Deficiency in X-linked Myotubular Myopathy , Neuromuscul Disord, 11(1): 2021


Matesanz, SE., Curry C., Gross B., Rubin, AI., Linn, R., Yum SY., Kichula, EA Clinical Course in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 0 Treated with Nusinersen and Onasemnogene Abeparvovec , J Child Neurol, 35(11): 2020,717-723