Shih-Shan Lang Chen, MD
Shih-Shan Lang Chen, MD

Shih-Shan Lang Chen, MD

Shih-Shan Lang Chen, MD, is an attending neurosurgeon in the Division of Neurosurgery, Director of Vascular Neurosurgery and Associate Director with the Trauma Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of expertise: Aneurysms, Chiari malformations, Vascular malformations, Moyamoya disease, Complex spine, Brain/spine tumors, Tumors of the peripheral nerves, Brachial plexus and peripheral nerve lesions, Hydrocephalus, Spinal dysraphism


215-590-2780

About Shih-Shan Lang Chen, MD

Shih-Shan Lang Chen, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of Neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Chen has a broad interest in all areas of pediatric neurosurgery with a particular focus in brain and spine tumors, brain and spine vascular disorders, hydrocephalus and congenital and traumatic spine disorders.

Originally from Florida, Dr. Chen received her bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Florida. She then completed her neurosurgery residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and her fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

During her neurosurgery training, Dr. Chen became interested in academic pediatric neurosurgery and developed a strong research foundation in pediatric tumor biology and vascular disorders. Her research efforts focus on combining her clinical neurosurgery practice with the advancements of molecular biology and tissue engineering that ultimately lead to new discoveries and treatments in the pediatric tumor and vascular specialties.

Titles

Attending Neurosurgeon

Awards and Honors

2013-2014 Chief Resident in Neurological Surgery – University of Pennsylvania
2013 Fellowship grant CP Angle Endoscopic - Microvascular Decompression – Karl Storz
2012 Enfolded Fellowship in endoscopic skull base neurosurgery – University of Pennsylvania
2012  Society for Neuro-Oncology Award for Excellence in Pediatric Translational Research
2012 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Preuss Award for Basic Science Tumor Research
2011 Pan Philadelphia Basic Science Research Award
2007 Medical Student Surgery Ambrose Pace Scholarship 
2006 Junior Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
2006 College of Medicine Alumni Scholarship for Academic Excellence
2006 Academic Perfection Award – College of Medicine
2005 Academic Perfection Award – College of Medicine
2004 Academic Perfection Award – College of Medicine
2002 University of Florida Neurobiological Sciences - Summa Cum Laude
2002 American Heart Association Fellowship for Undergraduate Research
2002 National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2001 Golden Key Scholar
2001 The National Dean’s List

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2008–present, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) – Resident Member
2008–present, Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Resident Member

Education & training

Internship

General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Neurosurgery (Chief Resident), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Team affiliations

 View fewer all team affiliations View all all team affiliations

Publications

Books

Chapters

2022

Sinha, S., Kennedy, B.C., Heuer, G.G., Huh, J.W., Lang, SS. (2022). Pediatric Head Injury. In: Mattei, P. (eds) Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07524-7_18

 

Patient experience rating

(based on 66 submissions)
  • Clear Explanation
    4.7 of 5
  • Showed Concern
    4.7 of 5
  • Included in decisions
    4.6 of 5
  • Would recommend
    4.7 of 5
  • Discussion of Proposed Treatment
    4.6 of 5
Learn about the patient experience rating system

Comments

  • Dr. Cared and her explanation was detailed and easy to understand. We had several questions and the Dr. Took time to answer them.
    5 of 5
    Nov 08, 2023

  • Dr. Chen and Allison are an amazing team! They are quick to respond to questions and kept my daughter and me feeling very comfortable in their care.
    5 of 5
    Oct 11, 2023

  • Dr Chen and her nurse Allie made our experience amazing. We were so nervous to bring our baby boy to a specialist and they answered all of our questions and took time to show care and concern as well as throughly explain everything.
    5 of 5
    Oct 04, 2023

  • Helpful, knowledgeable, clean, professional, and empathetic
    5 of 5
    Sep 15, 2023

  • Very patient very thorough
    5 of 5
    Mar 10, 2023
View more comments View less comments

About the Patient Experience Rating System

The Patient Experience Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown above from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score. We are committed to true transparency. However, to ensure the comments are fair and correctly attributed, we review each one before posting to the website. We exclude entire comments that disclose patient’s protected health information, are off-topic, or include other confidential or inappropriate content. Comments will appear on provider bios only if providers have a minimum number of comments. Comments are shared internally for education purposes to ensure that we are doing our very best for the patients and families for whom we are privileged to care. The comments are submitted by patients and families and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not reflect the views of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.