Dr. Scott Jahnke is a physiatrist (physical medicine and rehabilitation), board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Family Practice. A 1988 graduate of the University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Science, College of Osteopathic Medicine & Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Jahnke completed a Family Practice Residency at E.W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich,. and completed his Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency at Kentucky Clinic at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. The discipline of physical medicine and rehabilitation focuses on restoring lost function to patients who are non-surgical candidates experiencing musculoskeletal problems. As a physiatrist, Dr. Jahnke treats injuries ranging from a sore back to sports medicine injuries. Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists are concerned with all areas of rehabilitation - medical, social and vocational - complementing the care delivered by the other physicians at Kansas Orthopaedic Center. Physiatry takes a total approach to restoring the patient to full function by drawing on the skills of various health care professionals which may include social workers, counselors and rehabilitation therapists. Dr. Jahnke was drawn to rehabilitation because, as a physiatrist, he is able to move beyond the initial treatment of a disease to helping the patient return to the activities of daily living and the prevention of recurrence. In addition to the care he provides at Kansas Orthopaedic Center, Dr. Jahnke serves on the staffs of Via Christi Health Systems, Wesley Medical Center and Surgery Center of Kansas. Dr. Jahnke holds a number of professional associations, including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, American Academy of Family Practice, American College of Sports Medicine and Association of Academic Physiatrists.Dr. Jahnke is an outdoorsman, born and raised in Glencoe. Minn. He enjoys sports, hunting and camping with his wife, Sandy and golden retrievers, Jasmine and Sherman. Dr. Jahnke loves to train hunting dogs. His interest began six years ago when he took his own dog, Jasmine, for some off-season training. Discovering she had become an exceptional hunting dog, he has immersed himself in training hunting dogs. Not ones to let life get away from them, the Jahnke family took a year-long sabbatical, beginning in August 1996, and visited over 40 national parks and forests throughout the United States and Canada.
