Penn Medicine Provider
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Randel Swanson, II, DO, PhD
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Rittenhouse

About me

  • Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Delaware County Memorial Hospital
  • Residency: Temple University Hospital

Insurance accepted

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. Swanson is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Winter L, Moriarty H, Robinson KM, Leiby BE, Dinnella JE, Schmidt K, Whitehouse CR, SWANSON RL Age suppresses the association between traumatic brain injury severity and functional outcomes: a study using the NIDLRR TBIMS data set , J Head Trauma Rehabil, 39(6): 2024,E582-E590


Walton SR, Fraser JJ, Oldham JR, Ettenhofer ML, Armistead-Jehle P, Lindsey HM, Goodrich-Hunsaker NJ, Dennis EL, Wilde EA, Jurick SM, Hall MJ, SWANSON RL, MacGregor AJ, Tate DF, Cifu DX, Walker WC Aerobic Exercise and Brain Structure among Military Service Members and Veterans with varying histories of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A LIMBIC-CENC Exploratory Investigation , PLoS ONE, 20(3): 2025,e0320004


Walton SR, Oldham JR, Remigio-Baker RA, Brett BL, Austin TA, Cetin OD, Wilde EA, Lempke LB, Ou Z, Kamineni S, Martindale SL, O’Neil ME, Pugh MJ, SWANSON RL, Pappadis MR, Cifu DX, Walker WC Research letter: characterizing lifetime mild TBI exposure among female and male military service members and veterans in the LIMBIC CENC study , J Head Trauma Rehabil, 40(2): 2025,121-128


Acharya NK, Grossman HC, Clifford PM, Levin EC, Light KR, Choi H, SWANSON II RL, Kosciuk MC, Venkataraman V, Libon DJ, Matzel LD, Nagele RG A chronic increase in blood-brain barrier permeability facilitates intraneuronal deposition of exogenous bloodborne amyloid-beta1-42 peptide in the brain and leads to Alzheimer's disease-relevant cognitive changes in a mouse model , J Alzheimers Dis, 91(1): 2024,163-186


Goldwaser EL, SWANSON 2ND RL, Arroyo EJ, Venkataraman V, Kosciuk MC, Nagele RG, Hong LE, Acharya NK A preliminary report: the hippocampus and surrounding temporal cortex of schizophrenia patients have impaired blood-brain barrier , Front Hum Neurosci, 16(836980): 2022


Grovola MR, Jinich A, Paleologos N, Arroyo EJ, Browne KD, SWANSON RL, Duda JE, Cullen DK Persistence of hyper-ramified microglia in porcine cortical gray matter after mild traumatic brain injury , Biomedicines, 11(7): 2023,1960


Acharya NK, Grossman H, Arroyo E, SWANSON RL, Kosciuk M, Venkataraman V, Lamar M, Bennett D, Schneider JA, Arvanitakis Z, Libon DJ, Nagele RG Selective affinity of extravasated brain-reactive IgG autoantibodies for pyramidal neurons is linked to brain amyloid deposition, neuronal dysfunction, and cognitive decline. , Alzheimers Dement , 17(Suppl 3): 2021,e055567


SWANSON 2ND RL, Hampton S, Green-McKenzie J, Diaz-Arrastia R, Grady MS, Verma R, Biester R, Duda D, Wolf RL, Smith DH Neurological manifestations among US government personnel reporting directional audible and sensory phenomena in Havana, Cuba , JAMA, 319(10): 2018,1125-1133


Verma R, SWANSON RL, Parker D, Ould Ismail AA, Shinohara RT, Alappatt JA, Doshi J, Davatzikos C, Gallaway M, Duda D, Chen HI, Kim JJ, Gur RC, Wolf RL, Grady MS, Hampton S, Diaz-Arrastia R, Smith DH Neuroimaging findings in US government personnel with possible exposure to directional phenomena in Havana, Cuba , JAMA, 322(4): 2019,336-347


Calandra JM, Shofer FS, Chao AM, SWANSON 2ND RL Nutrition education, understanding, and counseling practices among physiatrists: a survey study , Cureus, 14(9): 2022, e28756


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