| Name: | Gerald Klim |
| Position Type: | Professorship |
| Appointment Start Date: | 09/01/99 |
| Appointment End Date: | |
| Area of Specialty: | Dr. Klim's publications include physician-related issues in subacute rehabilitation, in Subacute Care: A Guide to Development, Implementation and Management (Thompson Publishing Group), May 1995 and The Physiatrist and Subacute Rehabilitation, in Physical medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, February 1996, 7(1):55-81. Additionally, he is a regionally recognized expert in medico-legal affairs, amputations, traumatic brain & head injury. |
| Summary Vita: | Dr. Klim directs the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital. He also is Medical Director of the Subacute Rehabilitation Program at the Kenton Healthcare and Pimlico Center for Health and Rehabilitation. He has developed a regional reputation for excellence in medico-legal aspects of health care and in the delivery of subacute and geriatric rehabilitation. Additionally in serves as an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurolgoy at the Univesity of Louisville. Further he serves on the following comittees at the Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital -Amputee Rehabilitation Program, Arthritis Rehabilitation Program, Coma Evaluation and Treatment Program, Comprehensive Pain Program, Disability Evaluation Program, Dysphagia Program, Infection Control Program, Medical/Legal Evaluation Program, Quality Review Program, Rheumatology Program, Skin Care Program, & Therapeutic Pool Program. At the University of Kentucky, he serves on the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, UPGC, and College of Medicine Council of Chairs. |
| Highest Degree: | D.O. |
| Professional Affiliations: | Dr. Klim presented over nine times to PMR residents, medical students, and other healthcare professional on Stroke Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Rehabilitation, SCI Rehabilitation, Movement Disorders After Brain Injury, & Manipulation, Traction and Massage; He also presented on the following topics: Brain Injury Symposium, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, Lexington, KY, Dementia, Thompson Hood Veteran Center, Wilmore, KY Introduction to Neurologic Examination, Pimlico Manor, Lexington, KY Dr. Klim has professional memberships in the following: American Academy of Electrodiagnosis and Electromyography (Associate Member) American Academy of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine American Medical Association Fayette County Medical Society Kentucky Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Kentucky Medical Association |
| Primary Research Focus: | Dr. Klim's publications include physician-related issues in subacute rehabilitation, in Subacute Care: A Guide to Development, Implementation and Management (Thompson Publishing Group), May 1995 and The Physiatrist and Subacute Rehabilitation, in Physical medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, February 1996, 7(1):55-81. |
| Key Contributions: | Dr. Klim works with physicians and legal professionals in the medico-legal aspects of healthcare. He, also works with the resident physicians in this aspect. He has completed a research project and publication on Assessment of Well Being in Caregivers of TBI Survivors". Most recetnly he has worked with two faculty members to secure funding for increasing educational opportunities for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residents in geriatrics. |
| Publications: | n/a |