Dr. Gadi Revivo

Gadi Revivo, DO

Position Section Chief, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Practicing since 2002
Joined staff in 2008
Phone Number Description Phone

Telephone Number

1-844-355-ABLE

About Me

About Me

Specialty Practice Areas:

  • Spasticity Management (including botulinum toxin/ phenol injections and ITB pump management)
  • Pediatric Chronic Pain Assessment and Management
  • Expert Evaluation with Global Patient Services
  • DayRehab Interdisciplinary Assessment and Care
  • Inpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation


Meet Dr. Gadi Revivo

Gadi Revivo, DO, is the Section Chief of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. He is board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Pediatric PM&R.  Additionally, he holds an academic appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of PM&R at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

As a practicing pediatric physiatrist for nearly 20 years, Dr. Revivo treats children and young adults across the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab continuum of care — including inpatient, DayRehab (day rehabilitation) and outpatient. Embracing a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to care, he works with a cross-functional team of therapists, nurses and pediatric subspecialists to optimize patients’ functional capacity, with the goal of integrating them into school and community environments.

Dr. Revivo provides expert assessment and treatment for patients in the U.S. and internationally  with complex neurologic and orthopedic conditions, including traumatic brain injury and movement disorders such as cerebral palsy. He directs an interdisciplinary chronic pediatric pain program in collaboration with child psychology, and regularly performs inpatient consultations at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and at UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital to determine whether patients qualify for outpatient or inpatient therapy treatment. 

Location

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

355 East Erie

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Training

    Education

    Credential

    1987 - 1992
    Bachelor of Science in Physiology, University of California at Davis
    1993 - 1997
    College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific/Western University of Health Sciences, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
    Residency

    Credential

    1997 - 1998
    Delaware Valley Medical Center, Medicine Transitional Internship
    1998 - 2001
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Fellowship

    Credential

    2001 - 2002
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Honors & Awards

  • Top Doctors for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    San Diego Magazine, 2008
  • Rehabilitation Services Administration Scholarship
    RIC, 2001

Certificates & Licenses

  • Board Certified in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • License, Physicians and Surgeons
    State of Illinois
  • Diplomate of Holistic Medicine
    American Board of Holistic Medicine

Research Interests

  • Pediatric Chronic Pain Management
  • Spasticity Management in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy
  • Functional Outcome Measures in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine