Dr. Arthur M Gershkoff MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
60 Township Line Rd Elkins Park PA, 19027About
Dr. Arthur Gershkoff is a physiatrist practicing in Elkins Park, PA. Dr. Gershkoff is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Gershkoff focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Gershkoff can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1978
Yale School of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Medical students in CPE.
- Constraint-induced therapy for a child with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a case report.
- Home forced use in an outpatient rehabilitation program for adults with hemiplegia: a pilot study.
- Common pain syndromes in stroke patients: review of two cases.
- Rehabilitation of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Patient confidentiality v treatment team right to know.
- Stroke Transition after Inpatient Rehabilitation.
- Ethical issues arising in the care of stroke patients in the era of managed care.
- Lower extremity hemorrhage in spinal cord injured patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation.
- Geriatric rehabilitation. 2. Diagnosis and management of acquired disabling disorders.
- Geriatric rehabilitation. 4. Assessment, preservation, and enhancement of fitness and function.
Treatments
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Pain
- Abnormal Gait
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