Kate E. Temme, MD, CAQSM

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

4.9 with 409 ratings

Sees patients age 15 and up

Kate E. Temme, MD, CAQSM

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

4.9 with 409 ratings

Sees patients age 15 and up

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 is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Meet Dr. Temme

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

Ankle Sprain
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (ACL Injury)
Athletic Pubalgia
Bursitis
Hip Impingement (Femoroacetabular Impingement)
Hip Labral Tear
Joint Injection
Low Back Pain in Pregnancy
Musculoskeletal Injection
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Pregnancy Related Musculoskeletal Conditions
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
Sports Injury
Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Stress Fractures

Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Temme is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Sports Medicine, 2012
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2012

Education and Training

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

Primary Location

Penn Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital - Cathcart Building

Pennsylvania Hospital
1 Cathcart
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

A facility of Pennsylvania Hospital

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Penn Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Radnor

Penn Medicine Radnor
Floor 3, Suite 305 South
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087

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Penn Sports Medicine Weightman Hall

Weightman Hall, 1st floor
235 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

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

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

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): 134,2013.

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): E19-26,2015.

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 : Epub ahead of print,2015.

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

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.

Pellicane AJ, Millis SR, Do KD, Temme KE, Sayyad A, Oswald MC, Roth EJ: The effect of protein and calorie intake on prealbumin, complications, length of stay, and function in the acute rehabilitation inpatient with stroke. NeuroRehabilitation 33 (3): 367-76,2013.

Temme K, Jonardi M, Teich M.: Poor Nutrition and the Female Athlete Triad http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/lake_effect_segment.php?segmentid=9252 : 2012.

Weinman B, Temme K, Hoch AZ: Infrapatellar Bursa Injection Atlas of Muscoskeletal-guided Ultrasound Injections : 2014.

Academic Contact Information

Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
1800 Lombard Street
1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone: 215-893-2600
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National
American College of Sports Medicine, National
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, National
Association for Academic Physiatrists, National
Female Athlete Triad Coalition, National
University of Pennsylvania Female Athlete Triad Task Force, Local