Kim Barker, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor School Medical School Department Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Clinical interests include Oncology Rehabilitation, General Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation in the medically complex patient Education Medical School Creighton University School of Medicine (2007) Residency Northwestern University/McGaw Medical Center (2011), Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Internship Northwestern University/McGaw Medical Center (2011), Transitional Year Research Interest Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Medical Education/Graduate Medical Education Oncology Rehabilitation Publications Featured Publications Heart Transplantation and the Role of Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review. Rydberg L, Barker K, Lanphere J, Malmut L, Neal J, Eickmeyer S, PM R 2022 Dec The Rehabilitation of Advanced Heart Failure Patients after Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Narrative Review. Eickmeyer SM, Barker KD, Sayyad A, Rydberg L PM R 2018 Jun The role and efficacy of exercise in persons with cancer. Eickmeyer SM, Gamble GL, Shahpar S, Do KD PM R 2012 Nov 4 11 874-81 North American Medical Schools' Experience With and Approaches to the Needs of Students With Physical and Sensory Disabilities. Eickmeyer SM, Do KD, Kirschner KL, Curry RH Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2012 May 87 5 567-573 The role of rehabilitation across the continuum of liver disease from cirrhosis to transplantation and beyond: A narrative review. Malmut L, Eickmeyer S, Rydberg L, Neal J, Lanphere J, Barker K, PM R 2025 Apr Peripheral neuropathies and associated drug and toxins Choi Y, Barker K, Floresca R. 2025 Three consecutive pregnancies in a woman with spastic cerebral palsy being treated with intrathecal baclofen therapy. Barker KDD, Murtuza MI, Sloan EV, Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2024 Oct The utility of inpatient rehabilitation in heart transplantation: A review. Barker K, Rydberg L, Lanphere J, Malmut L, Neal J, Eickmeyer S, Clin Transplant 2024 Jan 38 1 e15182 Integrating Palliative Care Into Physiatric Care: Perspective of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Physiatry Palliative Care Task Force. Tolchin DW, Kaplan NM, Smith SR, Barker KDD, Cheville AL, Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2022 09 101 9 888-896 Exercise prescription and basic principles of therapeutic exercise. Ho, A, Barker K, Kasitinon D. 2022 Results 1-10 of 14 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Chapter 1: The Physiatric History and Physical Examination. In Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 6th Ed Barker, Kim; Johnson Mariana (2020). Elsevier Ch 15: Medical Complications During Rehabilitation. In Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocketpedia Barker K, Laguerre M (2023). New York, NY, Springer Publishing Honors & Awards Texas Monthly Rising Star (2021) D Magazine Best Doctor (2020-2025) Texas Monthly Rising Star (2020) D Magazine Best DoctorPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation (2016) Walter E. Heller Award (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago)Chief Resident (2010) Outstanding Resident/InternTeaching Award (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)Internal Medicine (2007) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (2007) Association of Academic Physiatrists (2007) International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (2018) Texas Medical Association (2013) Texas Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Society (2019)
