Renée Shellhaas
{{Short description|American pediatric neurologist and professor}}
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| fields = Neurology, pediatrics, neonatal neurology, epilepsy
| workplaces = Washington University in St. Louis
University of Michigan
| alma_mater = Middlebury College
University of Michigan Medical School
| known_for = Studying 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
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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.{{cite web |title=Shellhaas named associate dean for faculty promotions, career development |url=https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/shellhaas-named-associate-dean-for-faculty-promotions-career-development/ |website=Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |date=26 July 2022 |access-date=27 December 2023}} She was previously an associate chair of career development and a clinician-investigator in pediatric neurology at the University of Michigan.{{cite web |title=Renée Shellhaas, MD, MS |url=https://faculty.med.wustl.edu/about/renee-shellhaas-md-ms/ |website=Faculty Promotions & Career Development|date=16 November 2022 }}
Shellhaas focuses on neonatal neurology and early life epilepsy. In 2020, she won the Sleep Science Award from the American Academy of Neurology{{cite web |title=Sleep Science Award |url=https://www.aan.com/research/awards-history |website=American Academy of Neurology: Awards History |access-date=27 December 2023}} 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.{{cite web |title=Renée A. Shellhaas, MD, MS |url=https://foundation.aasm.org/renee-shellhaas-md-ms/ |website=AASM Foundation|date=2 June 2017 }}
Since 2022, she has been President-Elect of the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation.{{cite web |title=About PERF |url=https://www.pediatricepilepsyresearchfoundation.org/about/ |website=The Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation}} She was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Epilepsy Society in December 2023.{{cite web |title=Renee Shellhaas, MD, MS, FAES, Elected to American Epilepsy Society Board of Directors |url=https://www.aesnet.org/about/about-aes/press-room/renee-shellhaas-md-ms-faes-elected-to-american-epilepsy-society-board-of-directors |website=American Epilepsy Society |access-date=27 December 2023}}
Early life and education
Shellhaas was born in Canada to two pediatric neurologist parents, Carol Camfield{{cite web |title=Child Neurology Society |url=https://www.childneurologysociety.org/awards/carol-camfield-md/ |website=ROGER AND MARY BRUMBACK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2019 Recipient: Carol Camfield |access-date=27 December 2023}} and Peter Camfield.{{cite web |title=Child Neurology Society |url=https://www.childneurologysociety.org/awards/peter-camfield-md/ |website=Peter Camfield, MD |access-date=27 December 2023}}
She pursued her undergraduate education at Middlebury College, then attended the University of Michigan Medicine, graduating in 2001.{{cite web |title=Michigan Medicine Alumni Receive 2021 Distinguished Awards |url=https://www.michiganmedicine.org/medicine-michigan/michigan-medicine-alumni-receive-2021-distinguished-awards |website=Michigan Medicine University of Michigan |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=27 December 2023}} She went to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for residencies in pediatrics and child neurology, and remained for a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology.{{cite web |title=Renee Shellhaas, MD, MS |url=https://physicians.wustl.edu/people/renee-shellhaas-md-ms/ |website=Washington University Physicians}}
Career and research
Shellhaas went to the University of Michigan School of Public Health where she pursued further study in clinical research design and statistical analysis, obtaining her master's degree in 2009.{{cite web |title=Shellhaas named associate dean for faculty promotions, career development |url=https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/shellhaas-named-associate-dean-for-faculty-promotions-career-development/ |website=Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |date=26 July 2022 |access-date=27 December 2023}} 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.{{cite web |title=Pediatric Neurology Team Member Recognition |url=https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/pediatrics/divisions/pediatric-neurology/team-member-recognition |website=University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=27 December 2023}}
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{{cite journal |last1=Hand |first1=IL |last2=Shellhaas |first2=RA |last3=Milla |first3=SS |title=Routine Neuroimaging of the Preterm Brain |journal=Pediatrics |date=Nov 2020 |volume=146 |issue=5 |doi=10.1542/peds.2020-029082 |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/146/5/e2020029082/75330/Routine-Neuroimaging-of-the-Preterm-Brain|doi-access=free |pmid=33106343 }} and the American Epilepsy Society.{{cite web |title=Renee Shellhaas, MD, MS, FAES, Elected to American Epilepsy Society Board of Directors |url=https://www.aesnet.org/about/about-aes/press-room/renee-shellhaas-md-ms-faes-elected-to-american-epilepsy-society-board-of-directors |website=American Epilepsy Society}}
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.{{cite journal |last1=Brumback |first1=AC |last2=Wilson |first2=RB |last3=Augustine |first3=EF |last4=Bass |first4=NE |last5=Bassuk |first5=AG |last6=Shellhaas |first6=RA |last7=Strober |first7=JB |last8=Tilton |first8=AC |last9=Pearl |first9=PL |title=Introducing the Child Neurology Society Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force |journal=Annals of Neurology |date=Oct 2021 |volume=Oct 2021 |issue=90 |pages=537–538 |doi=10.1002/ana.26176|pmid=34288089 |hdl=2027.42/170226 |hdl-access=free }}
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.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
= Neonatal seizures =
In 2011, Shellhaas spearheaded the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's guidelines on continuous electroencephalographic monitoring in neonates.{{cite journal |last1=Shellhaas |first1=R |last2=Chang |first2=T |last3=Tsuchida |first3=T |last4=Scher |first4=M |last5=Riviello |first5=J |last6=Abend |first6=NS |last7=Nguyen |first7=S |last8=Wusthoff |first8=C |last9=Clancy |first9=RR |title=The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's Guideline on Continuous Electroencephalography Monitoring in Neonates |journal=Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology |date=Dec 2011 |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=611–617 |doi=10.1097/WNP.0b013e31823e96d7|pmid=22146359 }}
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.{{cite journal |last1=Tsuchida |first1=TN |last2=Wusthoff |first2=CJ |last3=Shellhaas |first3=RA |last4=Abend |first4=NS |last5=Hahn |first5=CD |last6=Sullivan |first6=JE |last7=Nguyen |first7=S |last8=Weinstein |first8=S |last9=Scher |first9=M |last10=Riviello |first10=J |last11=Clancy |first11=RR |title=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=Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology |date=April 2013 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=161–173|doi=10.1097/WNP.0b013e3182872b24 |pmid=23545767 }}
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,{{cite news |title=Babies with seizures may be overmedicated |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/646333 |access-date=27 December 2023 |agency=EurekAlert |date=24 May 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Glass |first1=HC |last2=Soul |first2=JS |last3=Chang |first3=T |last4=Wusthoff |first4=CJ |last5=Chu |first5=CJ |last6=Massey |first6=SL |last7=Abend |first7=NS |last8=Lemmon |first8=M |last9=Thomas |first9=C |last10=Numis |first10=A |last11=Guillet |first11=R |last12=Sturza |first12=J |last13=McCulloch |first13=CE |last14=Shellhaas |first14=RA |title=Safety of Early Discontinuation of Antiseizure Medication After Acute Symptomatic Neonatal Seizures |journal=JAMA Neurology |date=2021 |volume=78 |issue=7 |pages=817–825 |doi=10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.1437|doi-access=free |pmid=34028496 |pmc=8145161 }} demonstrating minimal risk for epilepsy at 2 years of life after resolution of acute symptomatic neonatal seizures,{{cite journal |last1=Shellhaas |first1=R |last2=Wusthoff |first2=CJ |last3=Numis |first3=AL |last4=Chu |first4=CJ |last5=Massey |first5=SL |last6=Abend |first6=NS |last7=Soul |first7=JS |last8=Chang |first8=T |last9=Lemmon |first9=ME |last10=Thomas |first10=C |last11=McNamara |first11=NA |last12=Guillet |first12=R |last13=Franck |first13=LS |last14=Sturza |first14=J |last15=McCulloch |first15=CE |last16=Glass |first16=HC |title=Early-life epilepsy after acute symptomatic neonatal seizures: A prospective multicenter study |journal=Epilepsia |date=Aug 2021 |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=1871–1882 |doi=10.1111/epi.16978|pmid=34212365 |hdl=2027.42/169301 |hdl-access=free }} and evaluating and characterizing neonatal genetic epilepsies with the Neonatal Seizure Registry.{{cite journal |last1=Shellhaas |first1=R |last2=Wusthoff |first2=CJ |last3=Tsuchida |first3=TN |last4=Glass |first4=HC |last5=Chu |first5=CJ |last6=Massey |first6=SL |last7=Soul |first7=JS |last8=Wiwattanadittakun |first8=N |last9=Abend |first9=NS |last10=Cilio |first10=MR |last11=Neonatal Seizure Registry |title=Profile of neonatal epilepsies: Characteristics of a prospective US cohort |journal=Neurology |date=Aug 2017 |volume=89 |issue=9 |pages=893–899 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0000000000004284|pmid=28733343 |pmc=5577964 }}
= Sleep monitoring =
Shellhaas has used electroencephalography to study normal and abnormal sleep patterns in neonates, to determine how this reflects developmental outcomes.{{cite journal |last1=Shellhaas |first1=RA |last2=Burns |first2=JW |last3=Hassan |first3=F |last4=Carlson |first4=MD |last5=Barks |first5=JDE |last6=Chervin |first6=RD |title=Neonatal Sleep-Wake Analyses Predict 18-month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes. |journal=Sleep |date=Nov 2017 |volume=40 |issue=11 |doi=10.1093/sleep/zsx144|doi-access=free |pmid=28958087 |pmc=5806555 }}{{cite journal |last1=Shellhaas |first1=RA |last2=Burns |first2=JW |last3=Wiggins |first3=SA |last4=Christensen |first4=MK |last5=Barks |first5=JD |last6=Chervin |first6=RD |title=Sleep-wake cycling and cerebral oxygen metabolism among critically ill neonates. |journal=J Child Neurol |date=Apr 2014 |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=530–3 |doi=10.1177/0883073812470972|pmid=23307884 |pmc=3640647 }}{{cite journal |last1=Shellhaas |first1=RA |last2=Burns |first2=JW |last3=Barks |first3=JD |last4=Chervin |first4=RD |title=Quantitative sleep stage analyses as a window to neonatal neurologic function. |journal=Neurology |date=Feb 2014 |volume=82 |issue=5 |pages=390–5 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0000000000000085|pmid=24384644 |pmc=3917686 }}
She has investigated sleep-disordered breathing (the apnea-hypopnea index) in neonates with spinal cord dysraphism,{{cite journal |last1=Shellhaas |first1=RA |last2=Kenia |first2=PV |last3=Hassan |first3=F |last4=Barks |first4=JDE |last5=Kaciroti |first5=N |last6=Chervin |first6=RD |title=Sleep-Disordered Breathing among Newborns with Myelomeningocele |journal=J Pediatr |date=Mar 2018 |volume=194 |pages=244–247 |doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.10.070|doi-access=free |pmid=29221695 |pmc=5826838 }} in infants under 3 months of age,{{cite journal |last1=Matlen |first1=LB |last2=Hassan |first2=F |last3=Shellhaas |first3=RA |title=Associations between age and sleep apnea risk among newborn infants |journal=Pediatr Pulmonol |date=Aug 2019 |volume=54 |issue=8 |pages=1297–1303 |doi=10.1002/ppul.24354|pmid=31081260 |hdl=2027.42/150552 |hdl-access=free }} and in neonates admitted to the NICU due to risk for seizures.{{cite journal |last1=Meerkov |first1=MS |last2=Hassan |first2=F |last3=Chervin |first3=RD |last4=Barks |first4=JD |last5=Carlson |first5=MD |last6=Shellhaas |first6=RA |title=Sleep-disordered breathing is common among term and near term infants in the NICU |journal=Pediatr Pulmonol |date=May 2019 |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=557–562 |doi=10.1002/ppul.24266|pmid=30688037 |pmc=6486415 |hdl=2027.42/149248 |hdl-access=free }}
She has studied ways to improve NICU design and care in the NICU to improve neonatal sleep.{{cite journal |last1=Szymczak |first1=SE |last2=Shellhaas |first2=RA |title=Impact of NICU design on environmental noise. |journal=J Neonatal Nurs |date=Apr 2014 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=77–81 |doi=10.1016/j.jnn.2013.07.003|pmid=24563607 |pmc=3930172 }}{{cite journal |last1=van den Hoogen |first1=A |last2=Teunis |first2=CJ |last3=Shellhaas |first3=RA |last4=Pillen |first4=S |last5=Benders |first5=M |last6=Dudink |first6=J |title=How to improve sleep in a neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic review. |journal=Early Hum Dev |date=Oct 2017 |volume=113 |pages=78–86 |doi=10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.07.002|pmid=28720290 }}{{cite journal |last1=Levy |first1=J |last2=Hassan |first2=F |last3=Plegue |first3=MA |last4=Sokoloff |first4=MD |last5=Kushwaha |first5=JS |last6=Chervin |first6=RD |last7=Barks |first7=JD |last8=Shellhaas |first8=RA |title=Impact of hands-on care on infant sleep in the neonatal intensive care unit. |journal=Pediatr Pulmonol |date=Jan 2017 |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=84–90 |doi=10.1002/ppul.23513|pmid=27362468 |pmc=5600897 }}{{cite journal |last1=Kawai |first1=Y |last2=Weatherhead |first2=JR |last3=Traube |first3=C |last4=Owens |first4=TA |last5=Shaw |first5=BE |last6=Fraser |first6=EJ |last7=Scott |first7=AM |last8=Wojczynski |first8=MR |last9=Slaman |first9=KL |last10=Cassidy |first10=PM |last11=Baker |first11=LA |last12=Shellhaas |first12=RA |last13=Dahmer |first13=MK |last14=Shever |first14=LL |last15=Malas |first15=NM |last16=Niedner |first16=MF |title=Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Noise Pollution With the Use of a Pediatric Delirium Bundle |journal=J Intensive Care Med |date=May 2019 |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=383–390 |doi=10.1177/0885066617728030|pmid=28859578 |s2cid=22888250 }}
Shellhaas has also focused on qualitative work with patients' families and sleep quality with epilepsy.{{cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=G |last2=Dang |first2=LT |last3=O'Brien |first3=LM |last4=Shellhaas |first4=RA |title=Parent-Reported Sleep Profile of Children With Early-Life Epilepsies |journal=Pediatr Neurol |date=Mar 2022 |volume=128 |pages=9–15 |doi=10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.12.006|pmid=34992036 |pmc=8857052 }}{{cite journal |last1=Lemmon |first1=M |last2=Glass |first2=H |last3=Shellhaas |first3=RA |last4=Barks |first4=MC |last5=Bailey |first5=B |last6=Grant |first6=K |last7=Grossbauer |first7=L |last8=Pawlowski |first8=K |last9=Wusthoff |first9=CJ |last10=Chang |first10=T |last11=Soul |first11=J |last12=Chu |first12=CJ |last13=Thomas |first13=C |last14=Massey |first14=SL |last15=Abend |first15=NS |last16=Rogers |first16=EE |last17=Franck |first17=LS |last18=Neonatal Seizure Registry |title=Parent experience of caring for neonates with seizures. |journal=Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed |date=Nov 2020 |volume=105 |issue=6 |pages=634–639 |doi=10.1136/archdischild-2019-318612|pmid=32503792 |pmc=7581607 }}
= Education and Mentorship =
Since 2016, she has co-directed the John M. "Jack" Pellock Residents' Seminar on Epilepsy with epileptologists Elaine Wirrell and Phillip Pearl,{{cite web |title=CNS Connection Fall 2016 Issue |url=https://issuu.com/kimweeks04/docs/2016_fall_cns_magazine |website=issuu |date=6 January 2021 |access-date=27 December 2023}} 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.{{cite journal |last1=Fernandez |first1=A |last2=Moeller |first2=JJ |last3=Harrar |first3=DB |last4=Guerriero |first4=RM |title=Curriculum Innovation: Design and Implementation of Synchronous and Asynchronous Curricula to Enhance Residents' EEG Knowledge and Experience |journal=Neurology: Education |date=14 Nov 2023 |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=e200101 |doi=10.1212/NE9.0000000000200101|doi-access=free |pmid=39359320 |pmc=11419299 }}
In 2022 she received the Pediatric Department Chair's Award for Outstanding Mentorship at the University of Michigan.{{cite web |title=Pediatric Neurology Team Member Recognition |url=https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/pediatrics/divisions/pediatric-neurology/team-member-recognition |website=University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=27 December 2023}}
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