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Associate Professor, Residency Program Director
UTSW Medical Center
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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NAME: Barker, Kim
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POSITION TITLE: Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
University of New Mexico BS 2003 Biology
Creighton University School of Medicine MD 2007 Medicine
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, IL Categorical Intern 2008 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, IL Resident 2011 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
A. Personal Statement
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and the Program Director of the PM&R Residency Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center. I am board certified in PM&R and focus clinically on rehabilitation of the medically complex. I have an interest in medical education for both undergraduate and graduate medical education that is reflected in my
Ongoing and recently completed projects that I would like to highlight include:
Barker (Co-I)
2020 - Present
A model to understand brain plasticity in humans: the biological signature of functional recovery after total resection of benign meningiomas.
Barker (Co-I)
2018 – Present
Patient Mobility and Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors
Positions
2010-2011 Clinical Instructor, Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
2011-2018 Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2018 – Present Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Honors
1999 University of New Mexico Presidential Scholarship, University of New Mexico
2003 Summa Cum Laude, University of New Mexico
2007 Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University
2010 Walter E. Heller Chief Resident Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
2016, 2020, 2021 Best Doctor D Magazine
2020-2021 Texas Superstars Rising Star Texas Monthly
C. Contributions to Science
Assessment of prevalence and types of accommodations in American allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Looking into education and assessment of professionalism in trainees. Manuscripts not related to medical education include exercise in cancer patients and rehabilitation needs of advanced heart failure patients with left ventricular assist device.
a. North American Medical Schools’ Experience With and Approaches to the Needs of Students with Physical and Sensory Disabilities. Eickmeyer S, Do K, Curry R, Kirschner K. Academic Medicine 2012; 87: 567-573.
b. The Role and Efficacy of Exercise in Persons with Cancer. Eickmeyer, SM, Gamble GL, Shahpar S, Do KD. PMR 2012; 4: 874-861.
c. Eickmeyer S, Barker K, Sayyad A, Rydberg L. The Rehabilitation of Advanced Heart Failure Patients after a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Narrative Review. PM R. 2019; 11: 64-75.
d. Barker K, Smith C. Professionalism in rehabilitation: peer, resident, and fellow recommendations/assessment. PM&R Knowledge Now. https://now.aapmr.org/professionalism-in-rehabilitation-peer-student-resident-and-fellow-recommendations/ Published September 8, 2020. Accessed April 7, 2022.
Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kim.barker.1/bibliography/public/
