Penn Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Resident grand rounds this month is presented by Dr. Deirdre O'Hanlon on the topic of "Utility of Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis in Spinal Cord Injury"

Link in bio for more information about the Penn PM&R Residency Training Program

Congratulations to the Penn PM&R Class of 2024!

Here are our graduates (top panel, left to right) and where they will be going:

-Taylor Johnson, MD
Fellow, ​Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Kessler Institute (West Orange, NJ)

-Ben Silverman, DO
Fellow, Interventional Spine and MSK Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia, PA)

-Gurtej Bajaj, MD
Fellow, Interventional Pain Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia, PA)

-Tejas Shah, MD
Fellow, Interventional Pain Medicine, Louisiana State University (New Orleans, LA)

-Emily Hon, MD
Fellow, Brain Injury Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York, NY)

-Andrew Pelle, DO
Fellow, Interventional Orthopedics, Centeno-Schultz Clinic (Broomfield, CO)

Year-end wellness event at the PHS : Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Pop-Up Garden!

RESIDENT RESEARCH PUBLICATION

Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Johnson for her recent publication!: "Rehabilitation Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis Patients on Ocrelizumab Diagnosed With West Nile Virus Encephalitis"

Link to article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38681299/

Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. Neil Patel on the topic of "Intra-articular Ketorolac vs Corticosteroids for Knee Osteoarthritis"

Link in bio for more information about the Penn PM&R Residency Training Program

Broad Street Run medical volunteer crew, led by Dr. John Vasudevan.

Thanks for keeping the runners safe!

Our 32nd Annual Prosthetics Course will take place May 9-10, 2024! This two-day intensive course on prosthetic and orthotic devices features lectures from professionals across the spectrum of care, including physicians, physiotherapists, and prosthetists. The curriculum covers various topics from research & development to hands-on clnical care of patients with limb loss. Course director: Dr. David Lenrow. Resident course directors: Drs. Emily Hon and Mackinzie McDaniel

Link to course details:
https://www.pennmedicine.org/departments-and-centers/physical-medicine-and-rehabilitation/education-and-training/annual-prosthetics-course -1

UPenn hosts the annual Penn Relays track and field competition April 25-27, 2024.

Thanks to all the medical volunteers who make this event possible!

Medical Directors: Dr. Jason Pan, Dr. Alexis Tingan

Head Athletic Trainer: Moe Louidor

Fellows (L->R): Drs. Heather Kellett, Christian Belisario, Maggie Provencher, Joe Panzera, Francis Rosato, Haley Powell

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Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. CJ Carcuffe on the topic of "Corticosteroid Injections: Monitoring Adverse Effects and Building a Risk-Factor Profile"

Love Run Philadelphia Half Marathon medical volunteer crew keeping runners safe today, led by Dr. Jason Pan.

Thanks to all the attendings, fellows, residents, students, PTs, ATCs, and EMS for providing excellent care!

RESIDENT RESEARCH PUBLICATION

Congratulations to Dr. Ben Silverman for his recent publication!: "The Effect of Kyphoplasty on Opioid Use in Patients With Vertebral Compression Fractures"

Link to article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10937115/

Congratulations to our incoming Class of 2028! Welcome to the Penn PM&R family!

Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. Erica Blanchard on the topic of "Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Low Back Pain"

Link in bio to learn more about our residency training program

Penn PM&R at AAP! Association of Academic Physiatrists

Resident and student posters:

-Overlapping Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Cervical Myelopathy (Palak Patel MD & Benjamin Abramoff MD)

-Case Report: Adhesive Capsulitis following improper Tetanus, Diphtheria (Td) booster administration (David Weinberg MD, Mackinzie McDaniel MD, Jason Pan MD)

-Elite NBA and WNBA players with dominant limb Achilles tendon ruptures perform significantly better post-injury compared to players with non-dominant ruptures (David Weinberg MD & Jason Pan MD)

-An Uncommon Cause of Weakness: Sacral Plasmacytoma and Paraproteinemic Neuropathy Identified During Pancreatic Mass Investigation and Incongruent Exam (Michael DeCapua MD, Jasal Patel MD, Betty Chernack MD)

-A Series of Catastrophic Events Following Routine Corticosteroid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis (Michael DeCapua MD & Bradley Tucker MD)

-Acute Bladder Management in Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A Retrospective Study (Emily Hon MD, Mengdong He MHS, Lin Xu MS, Stephen Hampton MD, Kimberly Waddell PhD MSCI)

-Predictive Modeling of Inpatient Trauma Discharge Disposition (Amelie Warneryd & Stephen Hampton MD)

-Quantifying Different Dimensions of Daily Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Post-stroke (Michael Xiang & Kimberly Waddell PhD MSCI)

-Progressive Cognitive Decline Following Two Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Exposures During Middle Age (Nicholas Eltman & Kimberly Waddell PhD MSCI)

Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. Andrew Kahn on the topic of "The Glymphatic System and its Role in Brain Injury and Recovery"

It was great to be back this year with the Penn Muskuloskeletal Ultrasound course this past weekend, directed by Dr. Frank Caldera!

Thanks to our PM&R faculty lecturers/preceptors: Dr. Abramoff, Dr. Bonner, Dr. Pan, Dr. Popescu, and Dr. Tate. And a special thanks to Dr. Levon Nazarian from the Department of Radiology for providing his expertise.

We appreciate Sonosite for supporting this educational event.

Congratulations to Dr. Kim Waddell for being selected as the recipient of the ABMR 2024 Early-Stage Investigator Award!

Link to Dr. Waddell's page at the Penn Center for Health Care Transformation & Innovation:
https://chti.upenn.edu/kim-waddell

Thanks for featuring Dr. V and Kyle at yesterday's game!

Link to X post:
https://x.com/sixers/status/1747266703313232267

Congratulations to Dr. Frank Caldera for becoming certified as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)!

FACHE candidates must have healthcare management experience, complete community/civic/healthcare-related volunteer activities, and accrue healthcare management CE credits, among other requirements. Dr. Caldera recently passed the ACHE Fellowship Board of Governer's Exam to become fully certified.

Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. Mike DeCapua on the "Evaluation of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy"

RESIDENT RESEARCH PUBLICATION

Congratulations to Dr. Mackinzie McDaniel for her recent publication!: "Evaluation of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound on Stress Fractures to Reduce the Time to Return to Sport or Activity in the Physically Active Population: A Systematic Review"

Link to article:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10659586/

Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. Palak Patel on the topic of "Medication Use in Adults with Acquired Brain Injury"

Botswana-UPenn Partnership update:

Over the summer, Dr. Dillingham and his team worked with local prosthetists and therapists across 3 sites in Botswana to fit 16 patients in 7 days with the newest iFit System!

One of the goals of the Partnership is to expand the clinical capacity of prosthetists in Botswana to help meet the current demand in a low resource setting

Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Johnson for matching at Kessler for SCI fellowship!

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Congratulations to Dr. Ben Abramoff and colleagues on the recent publication in Cell - "Serotonin reduction in post-acute sequelae of viral infection"

Link to news release: https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2023/october/penn-study-finds-serotonin-reduction-causes-long-covid-symptoms

RESIDENT RESEARCH PUBLICATION

Congratulations to Dr. Erica Blanchard for her recent publication!: "PRP for Adhesive Capsulitis: A Systematic Review"

Link to article:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37808592/

Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. Peter Spurrell on the topic of "The Use of Bioimpedance Spectroscopy for Surveillance of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema"

Link in bio to learn more about Penn PM&R's residency training program

Congratulations to our PGY4 residents on a successful Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship Match!

Dr. Gurtej Bajaj will be staying at Penn!

Dr. Tejas Shah will be going to Louisiana State U!

Resident grand rounds this month will be presented by Dr. David Weinberg on the topic of "Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and the Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy and Plantar Fasciitis"

Link in bio to learn more about Penn PM&R's residency training program