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Karen Kowalske, MD
Endowed Title: Charles and Peggy Galvin Professorship in Physical Medicine
North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System
Kimberly-Clark Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-645-2080
karen.kowalske@utsouthwestern.edu
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Professor and Chair, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Board certified in Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Clinical/research interests include musculoskeletal, outcomes after burn neuropathy, outcomes after aneurysm clipping, traumatic brain injury rehab, burn rehab, diabetic foot ulcerations, amputations.
Education
| Residency | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1990) |
| Internship | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1987) |
| Medical School | University of Florida, College of Medicine (1986) |
Research Interests
Publications
Pandian G, Kowalske K , Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research , April 1999; (361):91-97
Kowalske KJ, Holavanahalli R, Helm PA , Journal of Burn Care Rehabilitation , 2001; (22(5)):354-357
Kowalske KJ, Plenger PM, Lusby B, Hayden ME , Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation , 2000; (15(4)):989-999
Sliwa JA, Kowalske KJ , Archive of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , 2000; (81):53-54
Kowalske KJ, Tanelian DL , Anesthesiology Clinics of North America , 1997; (15(2)):269-283
Helm PA, Kowalske KJ , Rehabilitation Medicine: Principles & Practice , 4th Edition , January 2003;
Kowalske KJ, Helm PA , Handbook of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Basics, 2nd Edition , 2002;
Cromes GF, Holavanahalli R, Kowalske KJ, Helm PA , Journal of Burn Care Rehabilitation , 2002; (23(3)):227-234
Kowalske KJ , Pain Management in Rehabilitation , 2002; :Chapter 13, pp 271-283
Brych SB, Engrav LH, Rivara FP, Ptacek JT, Lezotte DC, Esselman PC, Kowalske KJ, Gibran NS , Journal of Burn Care Rehabilitation , 2001; (22(6)):401-405
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Honors/Awards
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Voted by physician colleagues (2009)
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