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Renée A. Shellhaas
Alma materMiddlebury College
University of Michigan Medical School
Known forStudying neonatal epilepsy, seizure detection and sleep; co-director of Child Neurology Society John M. "Jack" Pellock Residents' Seminar on Epilepsy; President-Elect of Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation; Board Member of American Epilepsy Society
Awards2008 Shields Fellowship of the Child Neurology Foundation, 2015 American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation Strategic Research Award, 2020 Sleep Science Award of the American Academy of Neurology,[1] 2021 Michigan Medicine Alumni Society’s 2021 Distinguished Early Career Award,[2] 2021 Crain's Healthcare Hero Award Winner,[3] 2022 Chair's Award for Outstanding Mentorship (University of Michigan)[4]
2024 Child Neurology Society Hower Award
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology, pediatrics, neonatal neurology, epilepsy
InstitutionsWashington University Medical School in St. Louis
University of Michigan Medical School

Renée A. Shellhaas is an American pediatric neurologist and professor. She is the David T. Blasingame Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and associate dean for faculty promotions and career development.[5] She was previously an associate chair of career development and a clinician-investigator in pediatric neurology at the University of Michigan.[6]

Shellhaas focuses on neonatal neurology and early life epilepsy. In 2020, she won the Sleep Science Award from the American Academy of Neurology[7] for her work in sleep-disordered breathing and its impact on neurodevelopment in high-risk newborns. She also won a 2015 Strategic Research Award from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation for her work on sleep in neonates with spinal cord dysraphism.[8]

Since 2022, she has been President-Elect of the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation.[9] She was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Epilepsy Society in December 2023.[10]

Early life and education

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Shellhaas was born in Canada to two pediatric neurologist parents, Carol Camfield[11] and Peter Camfield.[12]

She pursued her undergraduate education at Middlebury College, then attended the University of Michigan for medical school, graduating in 2001.[13] She went to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for residencies in pediatrics and child neurology, and remained for a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology.[14]

Career and research

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Shellhaas returned to the University of Michigan after her fellowship. At the School for Public Health, she pursued further study in clinical research design and statistical analysis, obtaining her master's degree in 2009.[15] She became director of research for the division of pediatric neurology and the associate chair for career development for the department of pediatrics. She was appointed the Donita B. Sullivan Research Professor in the department of pediatrics in 2021.[16]

She is active in the American Academy of Neurology and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics[17] and the American Epilepsy Society.[18]

She is active in the Child Neurology Society and was involved in the development of the Child Neurology Society Leadership, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force in 2021, along with Audrey Brumback, Erika Augustine, Diana M. Cejas and Phillip Pearl.[19]

She has served as an associate editor of Neurology and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Child Neurology, Pediatric Neurology and the Annals of the Child Neurology Society.[citation needed]

Neonatal seizures

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In 2011, Shellhaas spearheaded the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's guidelines on continuous electroencephalographic monitoring in neonates.[20] She continued to work with the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society on the standardization of terminology and improved evaluation of normal neonatal EEG and neonatal seizures.[21]

Major contributions to the field of neonatal epilepsy have included work demonstrating that antiepileptic medications can be safely discontinued in neonates after resolution of acute symptomatic seizures,[22][23] demonstrating minimal risk for epilepsy at 2 years of life after resolution of acute symptomatic neonatal seizures,[24] and evaluating and characterizing neonatal genetic epilepsies with the Neonatal Seizure Registry.[25]

Sleep monitoring

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Shellhaas has used electroencephalography to study normal and abnormal sleep patterns in neonates, to determine how this reflects developmental outcomes.[26][27][28]

She has investigated sleep-disordered breathing (the apnea-hypopnea index) in neonates with spinal cord dysraphism,[29] in infants under 3 months of age,[30] and in neonates admitted to the NICU due to risk for seizures.[31]

She has studied ways to improve NICU design and care in the NICU to improve neonatal sleep.[32][33][34][35]

Shellhaas has also focused on qualitative work with patients' families and sleep quality with epilepsy.[36][37]

Education and Mentorship

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Since 2016, she has co-directed the John M. "Jack" Pellock Residents' Seminar on Epilepsy with epileptologists Elaine Wirrell and Phillip Pearl,[38] an annual seminar in clinical epilepsy and EEG held in conjunction with the Child Neurology Society Meeting for residents in child neurology and neurodevelopmental disabilities.[39]

In 2022 she received the Pediatric Department Chair's Award for Outstanding Mentorship at the University of Michigan.[40]

References

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  1. ^ "Sleep Science Award". American Academy of Neurology: Awards History.
  2. ^ "Michigan Medicine Alumni Receive 2021 Distinguished Awards". Michigan Medicine University of Michigan. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Renee Shellhaas, M.D. - 2021 Health Care Heroes". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Pediatric Neurology Team Member Recognition". University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Shellhaas named associate dean for faculty promotions, career development". Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Renée Shellhaas, MD, MS". Faculty Promotions & Career Development. 16 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Sleep Science Award". American Academy of Neurology: Awards History. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Renée A. Shellhaas, MD, MS". AASM Foundation. 2 June 2017.
  9. ^ "About PERF". The Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation.
  10. ^ "Renee Shellhaas, MD, MS, FAES, Elected to American Epilepsy Society Board of Directors". American Epilepsy Society. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Child Neurology Society". ROGER AND MARY BRUMBACK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2019 Recipient: Carol Camfield. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Child Neurology Society". Peter Camfield, MD. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Michigan Medicine Alumni Receive 2021 Distinguished Awards". Michigan Medicine University of Michigan. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Renee Shellhaas, MD, MS". Washington University Physicians.
  15. ^ "Shellhaas named associate dean for faculty promotions, career development". Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Pediatric Neurology Team Member Recognition". University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  17. ^ Hand, IL; Shellhaas, RA; Milla, SS (Nov 2020). "Routine Neuroimaging of the Preterm Brain". Pediatrics. 146 (5). doi:10.1542/peds.2020-029082. PMID 33106343.
  18. ^ "Renee Shellhaas, MD, MS, FAES, Elected to American Epilepsy Society Board of Directors". American Epilepsy Society.
  19. ^ Brumback, AC; Wilson, RB; Augustine, EF; Bass, NE; Bassuk, AG; Shellhaas, RA; Strober, JB; Tilton, AC; Pearl, PL (Oct 2021). "Introducing the Child Neurology Society Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force". Annals of Neurology. Oct 2021 (90): 537–538. doi:10.1002/ana.26176. hdl:2027.42/170226. PMID 34288089.
  20. ^ Shellhaas, R; Chang, T; Tsuchida, T; Scher, M; Riviello, J; Abend, NS; Nguyen, S; Wusthoff, C; Clancy, RR (Dec 2011). "The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's Guideline on Continuous Electroencephalography Monitoring in Neonates". Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 28 (6): 611–617. doi:10.1097/WNP.0b013e31823e96d7. PMID 22146359.
  21. ^ Tsuchida, TN; Wusthoff, CJ; Shellhaas, RA; Abend, NS; Hahn, CD; Sullivan, JE; Nguyen, S; Weinstein, S; Scher, M; Riviello, J; Clancy, RR (April 2013). "American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Standardized EEG Terminology and Categorization for the Description of Continuous EEG Monitoring in Neonates Report of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Critical Care Monitoring Committee". Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 30 (2): 161–173. doi:10.1097/WNP.0b013e3182872b24. PMID 23545767.
  22. ^ "Babies with seizures may be overmedicated". EurekAlert. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  23. ^ Glass, HC; Soul, JS; Chang, T; Wusthoff, CJ; Chu, CJ; Massey, SL; Abend, NS; Lemmon, M; Thomas, C; Numis, A; Guillet, R; Sturza, J; McCulloch, CE; Shellhaas, RA (2021). "Safety of Early Discontinuation of Antiseizure Medication After Acute Symptomatic Neonatal Seizures". JAMA Neurology. 78 (7): 817–825. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.1437. PMC 8145161. PMID 34028496.
  24. ^ Shellhaas, R; Wusthoff, CJ; Numis, AL; Chu, CJ; Massey, SL; Abend, NS; Soul, JS; Chang, T; Lemmon, ME; Thomas, C; McNamara, NA; Guillet, R; Franck, LS; Sturza, J; McCulloch, CE; Glass, HC (Aug 2021). "Early-life epilepsy after acute symptomatic neonatal seizures: A prospective multicenter study". Epilepsia. 62 (8): 1871–1882. doi:10.1111/epi.16978. hdl:2027.42/169301. PMID 34212365.
  25. ^ Shellhaas, R; Wusthoff, CJ; Tsuchida, TN; Glass, HC; Chu, CJ; Massey, SL; Soul, JS; Wiwattanadittakun, N; Abend, NS; Cilio, MR; Neonatal Seizure Registry (Aug 2017). "Profile of neonatal epilepsies: Characteristics of a prospective US cohort". Neurology. 89 (9): 893–899. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000004284. PMC 5577964. PMID 28733343.
  26. ^ Shellhaas, RA; Burns, JW; Hassan, F; Carlson, MD; Barks, JDE; Chervin, RD (Nov 2017). "Neonatal Sleep-Wake Analyses Predict 18-month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes". Sleep. 40 (11). doi:10.1093/sleep/zsx144. PMC 5806555. PMID 28958087.
  27. ^ Shellhaas, RA; Burns, JW; Wiggins, SA; Christensen, MK; Barks, JD; Chervin, RD (Apr 2014). "Sleep-wake cycling and cerebral oxygen metabolism among critically ill neonates". J Child Neurol. 29 (4): 530–3. doi:10.1177/0883073812470972. PMC 3640647. PMID 23307884.
  28. ^ Shellhaas, RA; Burns, JW; Barks, JD; Chervin, RD (Feb 2014). "Quantitative sleep stage analyses as a window to neonatal neurologic function". Neurology. 82 (5): 390–5. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000085. PMC 3917686. PMID 24384644.
  29. ^ Shellhaas, RA; Kenia, PV; Hassan, F; Barks, JDE; Kaciroti, N; Chervin, RD (Mar 2018). "Sleep-Disordered Breathing among Newborns with Myelomeningocele". J Pediatr. 194: 244–247. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.10.070. PMC 5826838. PMID 29221695.
  30. ^ Matlen, LB; Hassan, F; Shellhaas, RA (Aug 2019). "Associations between age and sleep apnea risk among newborn infants". Pediatr Pulmonol. 54 (8): 1297–1303. doi:10.1002/ppul.24354. hdl:2027.42/150552. PMID 31081260.
  31. ^ Meerkov, MS; Hassan, F; Chervin, RD; Barks, JD; Carlson, MD; Shellhaas, RA (May 2019). "Sleep-disordered breathing is common among term and near term infants in the NICU". Pediatr Pulmonol. 54 (5): 557–562. doi:10.1002/ppul.24266. hdl:2027.42/149248. PMC 6486415. PMID 30688037.
  32. ^ Szymczak, SE; Shellhaas, RA (Apr 2014). "Impact of NICU design on environmental noise". J Neonatal Nurs. 20 (2): 77–81. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2013.07.003. PMC 3930172. PMID 24563607.
  33. ^ van den Hoogen, A; Teunis, CJ; Shellhaas, RA; Pillen, S; Benders, M; Dudink, J (Oct 2017). "How to improve sleep in a neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic review". Early Hum Dev. 113: 78–86. doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.07.002. PMID 28720290.
  34. ^ Levy, J; Hassan, F; Plegue, MA; Sokoloff, MD; Kushwaha, JS; Chervin, RD; Barks, JD; Shellhaas, RA (Jan 2017). "Impact of hands-on care on infant sleep in the neonatal intensive care unit". Pediatr Pulmonol. 52 (1): 84–90. doi:10.1002/ppul.23513. PMC 5600897. PMID 27362468.
  35. ^ Kawai, Y; Weatherhead, JR; Traube, C; Owens, TA; Shaw, BE; Fraser, EJ; Scott, AM; Wojczynski, MR; Slaman, KL; Cassidy, PM; Baker, LA; Shellhaas, RA; Dahmer, MK; Shever, LL; Malas, NM; Niedner, MF (May 2019). "Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Noise Pollution With the Use of a Pediatric Delirium Bundle". J Intensive Care Med. 34 (5): 383–390. doi:10.1177/0885066617728030. PMID 28859578. S2CID 22888250.
  36. ^ Gupta, G; Dang, LT; O'Brien, LM; Shellhaas, RA (Mar 2022). "Parent-Reported Sleep Profile of Children With Early-Life Epilepsies". Pediatr Neurol. 128: 9–15. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.12.006. PMC 8857052. PMID 34992036.
  37. ^ Lemmon, M; Glass, H; Shellhaas, RA; Barks, MC; Bailey, B; Grant, K; Grossbauer, L; Pawlowski, K; Wusthoff, CJ; Chang, T; Soul, J; Chu, CJ; Thomas, C; Massey, SL; Abend, NS; Rogers, EE; Franck, LS; Neonatal Seizure Registry (Nov 2020). "Parent experience of caring for neonates with seizures". Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 105 (6): 634–639. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-318612. PMC 7581607. PMID 32503792.
  38. ^ "CNS Connection Fall 2016 Issue". issuu. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  39. ^ Fernandez, A; Moeller, JJ; Harrar, DB; Guerriero, RM (14 Nov 2023). "Curriculum Innovation: Design and Implementation of Synchronous and Asynchronous Curricula to Enhance Residents' EEG Knowledge and Experience". Neurology: Education. 2 (4). doi:10.1212/NE9.0000000000200101. PMC 11419299.
  40. ^ "Pediatric Neurology Team Member Recognition". University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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