Professor and Chairman, Physical Medicine/Rehab, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Physical Medicine/Rehab
Dr. Karen J. Kowalske, MD
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Karen J. Kowalske practices Physical Medicine/Rehab. She researched medicine at University of Florida College of Medicine. University of Florida College of Medicine is ranked 43/78 in Research/PrimaryCare. She received awards:"Regional Top Doctor", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Karen Kowalske is a published doctor. She published 51 publications, including: 'Neuromuscular disease: rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis. 3. Muscle disease.' Karen J. Kowalske, MD accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric burns over 35 years at Parkland Hospital.
- Measurement of change in the mechanical properties of burned skin to therapist intervention with a vacuum device.
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Experience of Children with Burn Injuries: A 10-yr Review of the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation.
- Pruritus in Pediatric Burn Survivors: Defining the Clinical Course.
- Assessing the Ability of Comorbidity Indexes to Capture Comorbid Disease in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Burn Injury Population.
- Cognition in Patients with Burn Injury in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Population.
- Aerobic Fitness Is Disproportionately Low in Adult Burn Survivors Years After Injury.
- Time to Rehabilitation in the Burn Population: Incidence of Zero Onset Days in the UDSMR National Dataset.
- The impact of comorbidities and complications on burn Injury inpatient rehabilitation outcomes.
- Treatment Effect Versus Pretreatment Recovery in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Study Regarding the Effectiveness of Postacute Rehabilitation.
- Preface burn rehabilitation.
- Burn wound care.
- Long-term outcomes in patients surviving large burns: the skin.
- Assessment of recovery from burn-related neuropathy by electrodiagnostic testing.
- Sustained impairments in cutaneous vasodilation and sweating in grafted skin following long-term recovery.
- Providing access to specialty care for severely disabled institutional residents: an academic health center telemedicine model.
- Heat acclimation of an adult female with a large surface area of grafted skin.
- Cutaneous vasoconstriction during whole-body and local cooling in grafted skin five to nine months postsurgery.
- Outcomes after deep full-thickness Hand burns.
- Hand burns.
- Skin grafting impairs postsynaptic cutaneous vasodilator and sweating responses.
- Impaired cutaneous vasodilation and sweating in grafted skin during whole-body heating.
- The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research burn model system database: a tool for the multicenter study of the outcome of burn Injury.
- Profile of patients lost to follow-up in the Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model Systems' longitudinal database.
- Spinal cord injury Syndrome with motor sparing in the absence of all sensation.
- Time off work and return to work rates after burns: systematic review of the literature and a large two-center series.
- Impairment after burns: a two-center, prospective report.
- Neuromuscular Disease: rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis. 3. Muscle Disease.
- Neuromuscular Disease: rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis. 2. Nerve Disease.
- Neuromuscular rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis. 5. Myopathy.
- Neuromuscular rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis. 3. Generalized peripheral neuropathy.
- Assessing resident clinical competence. Association of Academic Physiatrists.
- The platform transfer splint: 2 case reports of a mobility aide for persons with arm injuries or conditions.
- The WeeFIM [R] instrument--a paediatric measure of functional independence to predict longitudinal recovery of paediatric burn patients.
- Contractures in burn injury part II: investigating joints of the hand.
- A clarion to recommit and reaffirm burn rehabilitation.
- Outcome assessment after Hand burns.
- Outcomes and Predictors in Burn Rehabilitation.
- Barriers to employment among working-aged patients with major burn Injury.
- Vocational reentry following TBI: an enablement model.
- Daily functioning of patients with an amputated lower extremity.
- Characteristics of marital improvement following obesity surgery.
- Predictors of quality of life as measured by the Burn Specific Health Scale in persons with major burn Injury.
- Neuropathy after burn Injury.
- Community integration after burn injuries.
- Contractures in burn injury: defining the problem.
- Burden of burn: a norm-based inquiry into the influence of burn size and distress on recovery of physical and psychosocial function.
- Electrical injuries: a 20-year review.
- Heterotopic ossification revisited: a 21-year surgical experience.
- Letter to the Editor #2: Description of the Burn Model System National Database sample.
Schools
University Of Florida
Thos Jefferson University
Procedures Preformed
- Joint Drainage
- Myofascial Trigger Point Injection
- Non-Cosmetic Chemodenervation
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
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Conditions Treated
- Achilles Tendinitis
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Ankle Sprain and Achilles Tendon Sprain or Rupture
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) or Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tear
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Doctors Specialties
- Brain Injury Medicine
- Physical Medicine/Rehab
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Top MD
- Super Doctor
Education
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Thomas Jefferson University -
University of Florida College of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center -
Children's Health System of Texas -
Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1134181944 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | KOWALSKE | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | KAREN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 753907208 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TX | |
| Specialty Description | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | |
| Total Claim Count | 770.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 3.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 201.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 26.1 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1134181944 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | KOWALSKE |
| First Name Of The Provider | KAREN |
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