Elana Katz, MD

Locations: Specialty Care, Virtua; Main Hospital; Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Rehab Medicine - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Chief Resident)
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine – American Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation – American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Attending Physician
Danzig JA, Katz EB. Musculoskeletal and skin considerations in children with medical complexity: Common themes and approaches to management. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2021 Sep;51(9):101074
Rodgin S, Suskauer SJ, Chen J, Katz E, Davis KC, Slomine BS. Very Long-Term Outcomes in Children Admitted in a Disorder of Consciousness After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Aug;102(8):1507-1513
Suzanne Prestwich, MD, Elana Katz, MD, Scott Schultz, MD, Cynthia Salorio, PhD. Survey of parental acceptance of massage therapy, energy therapy and acupuncture for their children in the acute pediatric inpatient rehabilitation setting. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2016 Aug;27:102-7.
Elana Katz, MD, Nicole L Dugan, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA, Joy C. Cohn, PT, CLT-LANA, Christina Chu, MD, Rebecca G. Smith, MD, MS, and Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH. Weight Lifting in Patients With Lower-Extremity Lymphedema Secondary to Cancer: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Jul;91(7):1070-6.
Chong-Tae Kim, MD, PhD, Rochelle Dy, MD, John Sollenberger, DO, Elana Katz, BA. A case of suspected mononeuritis multiplex in a teenager from polysubstance abuse. PM R. 2009 Sep;1(9):881-3.
2015, Best Pediatric Rehabilitation Research Poster Presentations, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2009, John Glick Prize for Translational Cancer Research, University of Pennsylvania
2007-2008, Medical Student Fellow, Focus on Research in Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania
2004, Cum Laude, Wellesley College
2016-present, Reviewer, The Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
2018-present, Wellness Champion, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine
2016-present, Physician Champion, CHOP Camp All Hands on Deck (Intensive Bimanual Therapy Program)
2019-present, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
2019-present, Pediatric Stroke Task Force
2014-present, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
2012-present, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2010-present, Association of Academic Physiatrists