She received her MD from the University of Michigan and completed residency in Pediatric Neurology and a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Following her fellowship, she returned to the University of Michigan, where she joined the faculty and completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the UM School of Public Health. Dr. Shellhaas’ clinical practice and research focus on neonatal brain monitoring and early life epilepsy. She currently leads a multi center study on the impact of neonatal seizure treatment on neurodevelopmental and epilepsy outcomes, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and is a collaborator on multiple studies associated with PERC