• Jill Meilahn DO

  • Physician - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation


    • Marshfield - Physical Medicine
    • 1000 North Oak Avenue 1K3 Marshfield, WI 54449
    • (715) 389-5789

Education

1992:
Residency, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Medical School, Minneapolis
1989:
Internship, Family Medicine, Iowa Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines
1988:
DO, Des Moines University - College of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences, Des Moines
1979:
BS, Medical Technologist, Drake University/Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines
1977:
BS, Biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Work Experience

2017 to Present:
Attending Physician, Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
2006 to Present:
Physician - Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Marshfield Clinic, Inc., Marshfield, WI
1992 to 2006:
Physician - Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Iowa Othopaedic Center, Des Moines, IA

Professional Societies

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Member
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Member
American Medical Association, Member
Wisconsin Medical Society, Member

Select Publications

  • Meilahn J. (2012 October). Identifying loss of function caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy in young adults with nonathetoid spastic cerebral palsy. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 4(10):783-6.
    PubMed ID: 23093221
  • Moberg-Wolff E, Meilahn J, Ward M, McLeish D. (2013 March). Cerebral Palsy: Soup to Nuts Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports.
  • Meilahn J. (2013 January). Tolerability and effectiveness of a neuroprosthesis for the treatment of footdrop in pediatric patients with hemiparetic cerebral palsy. PM R. 5(6):503-9.
    PubMed ID: 23313040
  • Bethoux F, Rogers H, Nolan K, Abrams G, Annaswamy T, Brandstater M,...Kufta C [including Meilahn J.] (2014 September). The effects of peroneal nerve functional electrical stimulation versus ankle-foot orthosis in patients with chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 28(7):688-97.
    PubMed ID: 24526708
  • Meilahn J, McLeish D, Ward M, Moberg-Wolff E. (2014 September). Osteoporosis-osteopenia in children. PM&R knowledge Now. http://me.aapmr.org/kn/article.html?id=289
  • Bethoux F, Rogers H, Nolan K, Abrams GM, Annaswamy T, Brandstater M,...Kufta C [including Meilahn J.] (2015 December). Long-Term Follow-up to a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Peroneal Nerve Functional Electrical Stimulation to an Ankle Foot Orthosis for Patients With Chronic Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repai. 29(10):911-22.
    PubMed ID: 25653225
  • Workinger MS, Kent RD, Meilahn JR. (2017 May 19). The effect of botulinum toxin A (Botox) injections used to treat limb spasticity on speech patterns in children with dysarthria and cerebral palsy: A report of two cases. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 10(2):137-143.
    PubMed ID: 28582880