
Kim Barker, M.D.
Associate Professor
School Medical School
Department Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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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
- 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
- Peripheral neuropathies and associated drug and toxins
- Barker K, Baker J, Solankee J 2022
- Therapeutic Exercise.
- Barker K, Eickmeyer S, Med. Clin. North Am. 2020 Mar 104 2 189-198
- Functional Impairments in a Patient with Morvan Syndrome: A Case Presentation.
- Tow S, Carozza D, Barker K PM R 2017 Dec
- Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Cancer
- Eickmeyer SM, Barker KD Federal Practitioner 2014 31, suppl 3 30S-33S
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
- D Magazine Best Doctor
(2022) - D Magazine Best Doctor
(2021) - Texas Monthly Rising Star
(2021) - D Magazine Best Doctor
(2020) - Texas Monthly Rising Star
(2020) - D Magazine Best Doctor
Physical 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)