Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Clinical interests
Dr. ShaEssa Wright is an attending physician on the pediatric rehabilitation medicine consult service at Penn State Children's Hospital. In this capacity, she evaluates children with traumatic or debilitating injuries and medical illness and develops a therapeutic treatment approach to rehabilitation and recovery. She provides education on various diagnoses including, but not limited to, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, de-conditioning/debility, stroke, traumatic injuries and autonomic instability.
She is also an attending physician in Penn State Bone and Joint Institute's pediatric rehabilitation concussion clinic, where she evaluates and treats children with concussion and post-concussive syndrome and provides education and therapeutic interventions to patients and families.
Since 2019, she has served on the institutional concussion clinic committe, cerebral palsy clinic committee, patient satisfaction committee and pediatric rehabilitation CARF accreditation committee.
Professional information
Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support for Health Care Providers, American Heart Association, 2020 to 2022
Certification, Advanced Life Support for Health Care Providers, American Heart Association, 2019 to 2021
Certification, Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers, American Heart Association, 2019 to 2021
Board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2018
Certification in the use of opioids to treat chronic pain, Pennsylvania Medical Society, 2018
Fellow, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (FAAPMR) (member, 2014 to present)
Member, Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2014 to present
Member, American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2012 to present
Teaching and educational interests
Dr. ShaEssa Wright regularly lectures to physical medicine and rehabilitation residents and neuropsychology fellows studying at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital. She also speaks at departmental Grand Rounds.
Education/Academic qualification
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
2017 → 2019
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (chief resident, 2016-2017), Residency, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2014 → 2017
Internship, Crozer Keystone Health System - Delaware County Memorial Hospital
2013 → 2014
DO, Rowan University
2009 → 2013
Master of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University
2007 → 2009
Biology (minor in Chemistry), BS (high honors), Howard University
2001 → 2005
Research output
- 1 Chapter
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Cerebral palsy assessment: Nonsurgical and surgical treatments
Wright, S. E. L., Sep 15 2023, Handbook of Spasticity: A Practical Approach to Management. Springer Publishing Company, p. 199-212 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Prizes
Activities
- 9 Invited talk
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The Effect of Five Minute Meditation on Pain Reduction in Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain during Acute Rehabilitation
D Esteroy (Speaker) & ShaEssa Wright (Speaker)
Feb 15 2018Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Rehabilitation Outcomes in Children with Cerebral Palsy
ShaEssa Wright (Speaker)
Jun 13 2018Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Rehabilitation of a Patient with Statin Associated Autoimmune Necrotizing Myositis: A Case Report
A Dunn (Speaker) & ShaEssa Wright (Speaker)
Feb 9 2017Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of Plastic and Metal Trach Tubes in BTU
ShaEssa Wright (Speaker)
May 2 2017Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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The Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Plastic vs. Metal Tracheostomy Tubes in the Brain Trauma Unit
N Perez (Speaker) & ShaEssa Wright (Speaker)
Feb 9 2017Activity: Talk types › Invited talk