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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Spinal Cord InjuriesMy passion is learning about all the facets of my patients' lives that contribute to their health, well-being and function. By working with my patients with an interdisciplinary team, I hope to create individualized treatment plans based on shared goals.
I am a physiatrist at St. Luke's University Health Network. I'm dedicated to treating the consequences of chronic and acute illnesses that impact patients' quality of life and function. I enjoy learning about new ways to improve the quality of care provided to patients, and expanding my understanding of their needs outside of the hospital - because my goal is to get them home. I believe as providers, we have a responsibility to take into account those aspects of health that influence a patient's health and health behaviors in order to create an efficacious treatment plan.
As part of a multidisciplinary group of amazing St. Luke's therapists, physicians, nurses, social workers and case managers, I work with patients with a multitude of conditions in the acute inpatient hospital and in our acute rehab center. This includes strokes, orthopedic injuries/surgical patients, neurosurgery patients, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, cancer, seizures, neuromuscular and movement disorders, congenital conditions and complex medical conditions. We focus on the functional and physical effects of these conditions that affect patients' abilities to live their lives. It is so rewarding to see our patients relearn and strengthen skills that allow them to regain their sense of self and autonomy.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my three dogs, watching horror movies with my husband, traveling, eating and cooking. I also grew up playing piano, and have picked up guitar and ukulele along the way. I also really love being active: running, high intensity interval training and dancing. It's important for me to walk the walk and take the advice I would give my patients in regards to physical activity.
school Education
Medical School
- The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 2014
Internship
- St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network, 2014 - 2015
Residency
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2015 - 2018
Fellowship
- Case Western Reserve University, 2019 - 2020
Board Certifications
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
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“Consistent excellent service at this office.”
July 2, 2025
“Excellent experience. Dr.De Padua ,,,was very friendly and very informative on my situation. Very thorough body check and didn't miss anything from head to toe. Asked questions In the process on what was found. Conversed and answered related questions on things I needed explained. Very sociable but professional”
July 1, 2025
“Excellent doctor as well as other staff.”
May 20, 2025
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May 11, 2025
“Good”
May 10, 2025
“Excellent visit with Dr DePadua”
April 27, 2025
“Dr. DePadua is very thorough and interested in my case. She is going to consult with a neurologist to try to figure out just what is causing some of my health issues. She's very comcerned.”
April 21, 2025
“Excellent Doctor. She was very thorough.”
April 13, 2025
“Dr DePadua is super smart and super attentive”
April 7, 2025
“Dr. de Padua is wonderful and caring. She's the best!”
March 14, 2025
“Dr. DePadua is the finest doctor I have worked with over the past 5 years. I hold only 3 other physicians in the St Luke's stables of such a high esteem as Dr. DePadua.”
March 5, 2025
“Very easy to talk to. Dr. answered my concerns. Compassionate & a great doctor.”
February 21, 2025
“Dr. De Padua is an excellent physician. She is very thorough and caring.”
January 31, 2025
“Ashley L de Padua, MD is an Excellent doctor, very thorough.”
January 12, 2025
“Great experience!”
December 26, 2024
“Dr. DePadua was so knowledgeable and thorough. She spent an hour with myself and my wife evaluating me and my medical problem. She was wonderful and I wish there were more like her.”
December 14, 2024
“This Dr. Ashley L de Padua, MD is really cool, very accommodating, very attentive listener, fully examined the muscles”
November 20, 2024
“The provider Ashley L de Padua, MD was so understanding and gave me options I didn't even know I had to treat my on going pain”
November 18, 2024
“Dr. Depadua is a wonderful and caring physician and I am so glad to have her on my team of health care professionals!”
November 17, 2024
“I had a positive experience at this visit,no complaints”
November 3, 2024
“She, Ashley L de Padua, MD was very good”
October 19, 2024
“This doctor Ashley L de Padua, MD gave me more information about my condition then all other medical providers combined in.the last six months.”
October 18, 2024
5.0 RATING
“Love Dr Ashley D! She was so patient, kind and knowledgeable! And gave me all the time I felt I needed! She's truly an angel from heaven!”
July 8, 2025