Melissa A. Wright
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Melissa A. Wright, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology)

  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Neurology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Autoimmune Neurology - University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency Pediatric Neurology - University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Resident
    Residency Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine M.D.
    Doctoral Training Neuroscience - University of Utah Postgraduate Studies
    Undergraduate Neuroscience - Brigham Young University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Hoshina Y, Liu S, Wright MA, Delic A, Wong KH, Kadish R, Galli J, Rose JW, Greenlee JE, Soldn MMP, Klein J, Peterson LK, Smith TL, Clardy SL (2025). Prolonged corticosteroid therapy and steroid-sparing maintenance immunotherapy lower relapse risk in pediatric and adult MOGAD. J Neuroimmunol, 407, 578709. (Read full publication)
    2. Wright MA, Barney BJ, Peterson S, Waltz M, Rose J, Rensel M, Abrams A, Waubant E, Wheeler Y, Rodriguez M, Tillema JM, Krupp L, Gorman M, Benson L, Lotze T, Shukla N, Mar S, Chitnis T, Schreiner T, Vignos M, Casper TC (2025). Evaluating Efficacy Outcomes in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Patients While Using Avonex or Plegridy via USNPMSC Registry. J Child Neurol, 8830738251367460. (Read full publication)
    3. Hoshina Y, Smith TL, Mstat AD, Wong KH, Peterson LK, Zekeridou A, Aboseif A, Coffey C, Wright MA, Banwell B, Dialino-Felix A, Flavin S, Dill L, Titulaer MJ, Day GS, Clardy SL (2025). An updated, comprehensive meta-analysis of the treatment of anti-NMDAR encephalitis: Analysis, equipoise, and the urgent need for evidence over anecdote. J Neuroimmunol, 405, 578651. (Read full publication)
    4. Wright MA, Demmitt-Rice C, Van Haren KP, Lund TC, Eichler F, Bonkowsky JL (2025). Inflammation and Immunomodulation in Cerebral X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy: Review of Pathology and Interventions. J Child Neurol, 8830738251353034. (Read full publication)
    5. Hoshina Y, Seay M, Vegunta S, Stulberg EL, Wright MA, Wong KH, Smith TL, Shimura D, Clardy SL (2024). Isolated Optic Neuritis: Etiology, Characteristics, and Outcomes in a US Mountain West Cohort. J Neuroophthalmol, 45(1), 36-43. (Read full publication)
    6. Stanich MV, Memmott T, Ghosh T, Wright MA (2024). A 7-year-old with new-onset seizures, behavior disturbance, and encephalitis. J Neuroimmunol, 399, 578520. (Read full publication)
    7. Hoshina Y, Moser C, Wright MA, Sunderman E, Livsey CT, Spoth E, Clardy SL, Cliatt Brown CJ (2025). C9orf72 Gene-Associated Frontotemporal Dementia Mimicking Autoimmune Pathology. Neurologist, 30(1), 42-44. (Read full publication)
    8. Wright MA, Guasp M, Lachner C, Day GS, Gombolay G, Titulaer MJ, Clardy SL (2024). Electroconvulsive therapy in N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis: A retrospective cohort and scoping review of literature. J Neuroimmunol, 392, 578369. (Read full publication)
    9. Hoshina Y, Delic A, Wong KH, Lyden S, Kadish R, Smith TL, Wright MA, Shimura D, Clardy SL (2023). Vasculitis in the Central Nervous System: Etiology, Characteristics, and Outcomes in a Large Single-Center Cohort. Neurohospitalist, 14(2), 129-139. (Read full publication)
    10. Noroozi Gilandehi S, Wong KH, Francis T, Wright MA, Lord J, Stehlik J, Kemeyou L, Smith T, Clardy SL (2024). Cardiac Involvement in Neurosarcoidosis: A Single-Center Investigation. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 11(2), e200196. (Read full publication)
    11. Robertson DM, Wright MA, Ostrander B, Tani LY (2022). Child Neurology: Case Report of Lambl Excrescences in a Pediatric Patient With Multifocal Strokes. Neurology. (Read full publication)
    12. Espinoza AC, Wright MA, Candee MS, Trandafir C, Nelson GR (2021). Child Neurology: Late-Onset Vitamin B(6)-Dependent Epilepsy Identified by Rapid Genome Sequencing. Neurology, 96(19), 911-914. (Read full publication)
    13. Wright MA, Korgenski EK, Bardsley T, Bonkowsky JL, Candee MS (2016). Comprehensive population-based determination of pediatric multiple sclerosis health care costs. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 4(1), e314. (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Hoshina Y, Smith TL, Wright MA, Day GS, Titulaer MJ, Clardy SL (2025). Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis: insights and future treatment directions. [Review]. Trends Mol Med. (Read full publication)
    2. Wright MA, Trandafir CC, Nelson GR, Hersh AO, Inman CJ, Zielinski BA (2021). Diagnosis and Management of Suspected Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Approach and Review of Literature. [Review]. J Child Neurol, 37(4), 303-313. (Read full publication)

    Letter

    1. Wright MA, Guasp M, Lachner C, Day GS, Gombolay G, Titulaer MJ, Clardy SL (2024). Authors' response to letter to the editor: Electroconvulsive therapy in N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis. [Letter to the editor]. J Neuroimmunol, 393, 578405. (Read full publication)