Kirk H. Bonner, MD, MEd
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pennsylvania Hospital
Schedule onlineCall 215-893-2600
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dr. Bonner is a physiatrist who is fellowship trained in Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine.

Dr. Bonner completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation/Rutgers-NJMS. He served as the academic chief resident during his final year.

He then completed fellowship training in Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Bonner's special interests include interventional spine, musculoskeletal ultrasound, lifestyle medicine, and regenerative medicine.

He sees patients with all musculoskeletal conditions who are looking to discuss alternatives to surgery if indicated. He can diagnose and treat patients with conditions throughout the body including those of the shoulders, spine, hips, and knees. Treatment options range from lifestyle interventions and exercise recommendations to ultrasound guided joint and bursa injections, trigger point injections, and fluoroscopic guided procedures including cervical and lumbar epidurals and radio frequency ablations (rfa), genicular nerve rfa, and peripheral joint injections. He is holistic in his approach and looks for sustainable lifestyle changes as a core treatment for his patients.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
  • Residency: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
  • Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

573 reviews

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November 2025
very good communication
November 2025
he's an excellent doctor
October 2025
he is a caring doctor that follows through with medical plans
October 2025
he sweet and experience expert

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: 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
Dr. Bonner is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Kirk Bonner, MD; Greg Decker, MD Climate Change and Disability - Chapter 15: Climate Change and Chronic Pain , Academic Press: 2025

Hao, David MD*; Bonner, Kirk MD, MEd†; Burnham, Taylor DO, MSCI‡; Stojanovic, Milan P. MD§ Pro-Con Debate: Air or Saline for Loss-of-Resistance Technique of Interlaminar Epidural Access with Fluoroscopy-Guided Pain Medicine Procedures , Anesthesia & Analgesia: 2024

Ben Silverman MD, Frances Shofer, Kirk Bonner MD, Stephen Hampton MD The Effect of Kyphoplasty on Opioid Use in Patients with Vertebral Compression Fractures , Cureus: 2024

Abby L Cheng, MD, MPHS, Mollie E Dwivedi, MS, PA-C, DipACLM, Adriana Martin, JD, MS, Christina G Leslie, BS, Daniel E Fulkerson, BS, Kirk H Bonner, MD, MEd, Julia B Huecker, MS, Elizabeth A Salerno, PhD, MPH, Karen Steger-May, MA, Devyani M Hunt, MD Predictors of Progressing Toward Lifestyle Change Among Participants of an Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Program , American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine: 2023

Kirk H. Bonner, MD, MEd, ∗ Jack K. Haberl, Steven C. Kirshblum, MD, and Humaira Ashraf, MD The PITCH study: pitcher injuries during the first 30 days of the coronavirus disease 2019 halted Major League Baseball season , Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery: Reviews, Reports and Techniques: 2021,246-251