Timothy R Dillingham - Faculty Biosketch

Timothy R Dillingham, MD, MS

William J. Erdman, II, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Pennsylvania Health System

Chief Medical Officer, Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine

Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Good Shepherd Penn Partners

Physiatrist-in-Chief, Good Shepherd Penn Partners

Chairman, Billing Oversight Committee, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Contact information

Penn Medicine Rittenhouse
1800 Lombard Street/1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146

Office: (215) 893-2645
Fax: (215) 893-2685

Education:
BS (Mechanical Engineering and Pre-Med Studies)
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1982.
MD (Medicine)
University of Washington, School of Medicine, 1986.
MS (PM&R)
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1990.

Post-Graduate Training
Clerkships in Neurology and Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center. Honolulu, Hawaii, 1986-1986.
Rotating Internship, Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1986-1987.
Residency - PM&R, University of Washington Seattle, Washington, 1987-1990.
Combat Casualty Care and Advanced Trauma Life Support Courses, Fort Sam Houston US Army Base San Antonio, Texas, 1990-1990.

Certifications
Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners. Certificate # 333303. , 1987.
Diplomat, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Certificate # 3499. , 1991.
Diplomat, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Certificate # 1710. , 1993.
1996 - 2011 Oral Board Examiner, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine., 1996.
1996 - 2000 Oral Board Examiner, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. , 1996.

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Selected Publications

Chen S, Andary M, Buschbacher R, Del Toro D, Smith B, So Y, Zimmermann K, Dillingham TR.: Electrodiagnostic reference values for upper and lower limb nerve conduction studies in adult populations. Muscle Nerve 54(3): 371-7, Sep 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1002/mus.25203.

Dillingham T, Chen S, Andary M, Buschbacher R, Del Toro D, Smith B, Zimmermann K, So Y.: Establishing high-quality reference values for nerve conduction studies: A report from the normative data task force of the American Association Of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Muscle Nerve 54(3): 366-70, Sep 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1002/mus.25204.

Braza D, Dillingham TR.: Diabetic Foot and Peripheral Arterial Disease. In: Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Musculoskeletal Disorders, Pain, and Rehabilitation. Frontera WR, Silver JK, Rizzo Jr TD. (eds.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. Page: 660-4, 2015.

Dillingham TR, Andary M, Dumitru D.: Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2015 Notes: 5th edition.

Braza D. Dillingham TR.: Upper Limb Amputations. In: Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Musculoskeletal Disorders, Pain, and Rehabilitation. Frontera WR, Silver JK, Rizzo Jr TD. (eds.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. Page: 597-602, 2015.

Roth EV, Pezzin LE, McGinley EL, Dillingham TR.: Prosthesis Use and Satisfaction Among Persons With Dysvascular Lower Limb Amputations Across Postacute Care Discharge Settings. PM R 6(12): 1128-36, December 2014 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.05.024. Epub 2014 Jun 19.

Varma P, Stineman MG, Dillingham TR: Epidemiology of Limb Loss. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 25(1): 1-8, February 2014.

Pezzin LE, Padalik SE, Dillingham TR.: Effect of Post-acute Rehabilitation Setting on Mental and Emotional Health Among Persons with Dysvascular Amputations. PM R 5(7): 583-90, July 2013.

Dillingham TR.: Evaluating the Patient with Radiculopathy. PM R 5(5 Suppl): S41-9, May 2013.

Sauter CN, Pezzin LE, Dillingham TR.: Functional Outcomes of Persons Who Underwent Dysvascular Lower Extremity Amputations: Effect of Post-acute Rehabilitation Setting. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 92(4): 287-96, April 2013.