- Brain injury rehabilitation
- Stroke rehabilitation
Randel Swanson, II, DO, PhD
About me
- Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Residency: Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- Residency: Temple University Hospital
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
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- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
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- 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.
- 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
Qualifications and experience
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Medicine
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2016
- Advisory Panel Member, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Cooperative Studies Program [CSP] Network of Dedicated Enrollment Sites [NODES], Philadelphia, PA, Local
- Committee Member, Policy and Professional Partners Stakeholders Group, US Department of Defense, Improving Healthcare Engagement and Access to Optimize Long-Term Outcomes [I-HEAL] Grant, National
- Community Advisory Board Member, US Department of Defense, Microglial Breakthroughs in Longevity, Aging, and Senescence after TBI (MicroBLAST) Grant, National
- Consumer Advisory Board Member, Joint US Department of Veterans Affairs and US Department of Defense, Long-Term Impact of Military-Relevant Brain Injury Consortium-Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium [LIMBIC-CENC], Richmond, VA, National
- Diplomate Member, Association of Academic Physiatrists, Owings Mills, MD, National
- Fellow, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rosemont, IL, National
- Member, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Chesterfield, MO, National
- Member, International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Milan, Italy, International
- Scientific Reviewer, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Healthcare Network-Veterans Integrated Service Netword-4, Research and Development, Competitive Career Development Fund, Local
- Study Section Scientific Reviewer, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D), Office of Research & Development, Career Development Program-Panel II (RRD9), National
- Study Section Scientific Reviewer, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D), Small Projects in Rehabilitation Research (SPiRE) Program, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
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