Kirk H. Bonner, MD, MEd

• 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.

My 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

• 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