- Brain injury rehabilitation
- Cancer rehabilitation
- Multiple sclerosis rehabilitation
- Stroke rehabilitation
Betty H. Chernack, MD
she/her/hers
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Inpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
My education and training
- Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
- Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
- Residency: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- Fellowship: Cooper University Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2018
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, National
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National
- Penn Cancer Rehabilitation Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Jasmine Zheng, MD and Betty Chernack, MD Cancer-related Fatigue in Lung Cancer , Book Chapter in Lung Cancer Rehabilitation: 2022,127-138
Jasmine Zheng, MD and Betty Chernack, MD Cancer-related Fatigue in Breast and Gynecologic Cancers , Book chapter in Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Rehabilitation: 2020,39-50
Brassil, ME, Cheville, A, Zheng, JY, Smith, SR, Tolchin, DW, Wittry, SA, Jones, CA, Chernack, B Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Journal of Palliative Medicine, 23(1): 2019
Chernack, B, Knowlton, S, Kohler, M. The Use of Ultrasound in Palliative Care and Hospice. , Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 34(4): 2017,385
Schneider, JC, Simko, LC, Goldstein, R, Shie, VL, Chernack, B. A Scoring System Assessing the Risk of Heterotopic Ossification Development of Time of Burn injury. , Annals of Surgery , 266(1): 2016,179-184
Lindvall, C, Chatterjee, NA, Chan, Y, Chernack, B, Jackson, VA, Singh, JP Metlay, J. National Trends in the Utilization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with or without Implantable Defibrillator. , Circulation, 133(3): 2016,273