Penn Medicine Provider
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Betty H. Chernack, MD
she/her/hers
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Rehabilitation Medicine Inpatient Consult Service HUP
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Residency: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Fellowship: Cooper University Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: 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. Chernack is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Jasmine Zheng, MD and Betty Chernack, MD Cancer-related Fatigue in Lung Cancer , Book Chapter in Lung Cancer Rehabilitation: 2022,127-138

Jasmine Zheng, MD and Betty Chernack, MD Cancer-related Fatigue in Breast and Gynecologic Cancers , Book chapter in Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Rehabilitation: 2020,39-50

Brassil, ME, Cheville, A, Zheng, JY, Smith, SR, Tolchin, DW, Wittry, SA, Jones, CA, Chernack, B Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Journal of Palliative Medicine, 23(1): 2019

Chernack, B, Knowlton, S, Kohler, M. The Use of Ultrasound in Palliative Care and Hospice. , Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 34(4): 2017,385

Schneider, JC, Simko, LC, Goldstein, R, Shie, VL, Chernack, B. A Scoring System Assessing the Risk of Heterotopic Ossification Development of Time of Burn injury. , Annals of Surgery , 266(1): 2016,179-184

Lindvall, C, Chatterjee, NA, Chan, Y, Chernack, B, Jackson, VA, Singh, JP Metlay, J. National Trends in the Utilization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with or without Implantable Defibrillator. , Circulation, 133(3): 2016,273