Benjamin Abramoff, MD, MS

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Director of Spinal Cord Injury Services, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Founder and Director, Transitional and Adult Spina Bifida Clinic, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Post-COVID Assessment and Recovery Clinic, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Lead Physiatrist, Penn Nerve Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Skin Integrity Committee, Penn Medicine Rehabilitation and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine Rittenhouse
Course Director, Gross Anatomy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Interdisciplinary Bracing Clinic, Penn Medicine Rehabilitation and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine Rittenhouse
Director of Curriculum Development for Rehabilitation Medicine, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam and Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Contact information
1800 Lombard St
First Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 215-893-2600
Education:
BS (Life Science Communication)
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 2013.
MS (Health and Rehabilitation- Specilization in Health Education)
Ohio State University School of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Columbus, OH, 2013.
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Selected Publications

Abramoff BA, Sudekum VL, Wuermser LA, Ahmad FU.: Very early Charcot spinal arthropathy associated with forward bending after spinal cord injury: a case report. Spinal Cord Series and Cases 5(19): 1-5, February 2019 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41394-019-0162-3.

Krull C,* Abramoff BA,* Jerome M, Principe J, Cai Q, Tailor Y. : Intervention for increasing vitamin D supplementation in a deficient rehabilitation population: outcomes of a quality improvement initiative. PM&R 11(10): 1093-1100, Oct 2019 Notes: *Co-first authors.

Abramoff BA, Mahdi ND, Beran M, Belagaje SR.: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Rehabilitation and Recovery. Intracerebral Hemorrhage Therapeutics: Concepts and Customs Ovbiagele B, Qureshi AI. (eds.). Springer, Page: 161-183, 2018.

Patel K, McCarty R, Rozak M, Chandrasekhar E, McCrate A, Abramoff B, Reed M, Milton B, Strasser D.: Patient pain satisfaction scores unaffected by opioid reduction protocol utilizing morphine equivalent dose calculations. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 61S: e3, 2018.

Patel K, Leong C, Williams C, McDermot H, Cordiero C, Abramoff B, Mautner M, Kneer L. : The value of a 12-month curriculum in musculoskeletal ultrasound for resident physicians. Pain Medicine 19: 818, 2018.

Patel KG, Leong CM, McCrate A, Abramoff BA, Jerome MA, Ettefagh L, Reed M, Strasser DC: Opioid reduction tool in the acute rehabilitation setting. PM&R 9(9): S168-9, 2017.

Abramoff BA.: PM&R Blast Podcast. Podcast available at https://pmrblast.podbean.com/ 2016-2017 Notes: A podcast dedicated to the education of PM&R residents and consisted of 7 episodes.

Abramoff, BA, Milton, SB, Belagaje, S.: Improvement in compensation for homonymous hemianopsia following initiation of a selective serotonergic reuptake inhibitor (SSRI): a case report. PM&R 9(7): 727-731, 2017 Notes: doi.org.10.1016/j.pmrj2016.11004.

Abramoff BA, Ahmad FU, Wuermser LA.: Early Charcot spinal arthropathy after spinal cord injury: a case report. Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals Educational Conference, Nashville, TN September 2016 Notes: Poster.

Patel K, Chandrasekar E, McCrate A, Abramoff BA, Reed M, Milton SB, Strasser, D.: Opioid reduction in the acute rehabilitation setting. Advancing Health Care Quality Research at Emory University Conference, Atlanta, GA. June 2016 Notes: Poster.

Abramoff, BA, Lange, HL, Matson, SC.: Delayed ego strength development in opioid dependent adolescents and young adults. Journal of Addiction 2015: 879794, 2015 Notes: doi: 10.1155/2015/879794.

Cottrill, CB, Abramoff, BA, Matson, SC, Abdel-Rasoul, M, Bonny, AE: In Search of normal controls: a methodological complication when conducting adolescent opiate dependence research. Journal of Adolescent Health 54(2): S3, February 2014 Notes: doi: 10/1016/jadolhealth2013.10/022.

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