Ryan K. Murphy, DO

What are some of the specific conditions you treat?

General deconditioning/fatigue, difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs), gait dysfunction/balance impairment/high fall risk, stroke, musculoskeletal impairment, evaluation and management of durable medical equipment (.ie. wheelchair, rolling walker, or cane), expectation management/coordination of care, neuropathic pain, functional loss due to neuromuscular disorders, diabetic neuropathy, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, spasticity, decreased range of motion of muscles or joints, vertebral compression fractures, bracing/orthotic treatments for spine or joint dysfunction, cancer rehabilitation (such as dysfunction or impairment related to disease, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation), cancer survivorship education and counseling.

Describe some of your professional highlights.

Dr. Ryan Murphy is board certified and specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (“physiatry” or PM&R). He is one of the few physiatrists with subspecialty fellowship training in cancer rehabilitation. His clinical expertise is in the evaluation, identification and treatment of impairments in function, most often due to cancer, musculoskeletal or neurological disease.

Dr. Murphy’s undergraduate education was attained at Boston University. After graduating from college, he managed cancer research trials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Murphy then went on to receive a Master’s degree in Medical Sciences at Boston University’s School of Medicine. His medical degree was from University of New England’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Murphy completed his residency training at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. His diverse residency training also included instruction at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Murphy designed and served as a co-investigator for a clinical trial at the Lapidus Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital, aimed at improving the quality of life in cancer survivors. In addition, he completed fellowship training in cancer rehabilitation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

What would you like patients to know about your approach to care?

As a physiatrist, my clinical goals are restoring or maximizing function and quality of life due to impairment. I practice a holistic and multidisciplinary approach for comprehensive evaluation and management.  My conservative approach tends to avoid long-term use of medications. I focus on treating the root cause to provide effective and efficient treatment.

I utilize non-operative treatments such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, lymphedema therapy, pelvic floor therapy, aquatic therapy, neuropsychology, expectation counseling, durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics.

My research interests include cancer survivorship, value-based care, patient safety and healthcare quality improvement.