Penn Medicine Provider
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Kate E. Temme, MD, CAQSM
4.9
(479)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 14 and up
Penn Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital - Cathcart Building
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Schedule onlineCall 215-662-3340

About me

  • Director, Penn Center for the Female Athlete
  • Associate Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
  • Team Physician, University of Pennsylvania Athletics
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dr. Temme specializes in the treatment of sports-related injuries for all genders and ages. Her clinical interests include sports medicine, the female athlete triad, general musculoskeletal conditions and pregnancy related musculoskeletal care. 

 

Recognized in Main Line Today magazine as a Top Doc of 2017

Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's annual Top Docs issues for 2019-2022

Education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Northwestern University/Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

479 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
she's great
May 2025
5.0
5.0
she's a good doctor
May 2025
5.0
5.0
good listener
April 2025
5.0
5.0
she was friendly, thorough and knowledgeable

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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Penn Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital - Cathcart Building

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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. Temme is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Temme KE, Hoch AZ Recognition and Rehabilitation of the Female Athlete Triad/Tetrad: A Multidisciplinary Approach , Curr Sports Med Rep, 12(3): 2013,190-9

Temme KE, Hoch AZ Endothelial Dysfunction and the Female Athlete Triad: Research Updates and Management Recommendations , SCAN's Pulse, 32(1): 2013,5-8

Temme KE Exercise in Pregnancy and Postpartum , Musculoskeletal Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Guide for Clinicians: 2015

Temme KE, Hoch AZ, Jonardi M, Noon ML Prevalence of the female athlete triad and effect of a peer-based mentoring program on triad knowledge in high school girls , Clin J Sport Med, 23(2): 2013,134

McCormick Z, Margolis S, Temme K, Rivers E, Cameron SA, Smith MC, Rohr A, Zander E, Garvan C, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras C. Concordant pain provocation during transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radiculopathy: effect on pain outcome and predictive factors , Pain Physician, 18(1): 2015,E19-26

McCormick Z, Kennedy DJ, Garvan C, Rivers E, Temme K, Margolis S, Zander E, Rohr A, Smith MC, Cameron SA, Plastaras C Comparison of Pain Score Reduction Using Triamcinolone vs. Betamethasone in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain , AJPMR: 2015,Epub ahead of print

Temme KE, Mainigi M Amenorrhea: Information you should know (Female Athlete Triad) , Penn Medicine: Penn Health for Women's Newsletter: 2014,9

Temme KE On the Move: The Health Benefits of Running , http://penn-medicine-orthopaedics.blogspot.com/2013_10_01_archive.html: 2013

Temme K, Hoch A, Noon M Unusual Case of Knee Pain in a Golfer , 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Sports Medicine: 2012

Tracey Romero, Kate Temme, Tricia Beatty "Stress fracture could portend Female Athlete Triad" , http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sportsdoc/Stress-fracture-could-portend-Female-Athlete-Triad.html: 2015