Postdoctoral Fellow
Diana H. Presno Rubin, MD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation. Dr. Presno is pursuing research into the late effects facing head and neck cancer survivors and other groups severely affected by cancer and its treatment. She is senior author of the “Prehabilitation and Prospective Rehabilitation in Cancer” chapter in the third edition of Stubblefield’s Principles and Practice of Cancer Rehabilitation. She also revised the chapter on “Infectious Complications of Cancer and Their Treatment” in the same volume.
Dr. Presno’s academic interests concern the clinical evaluation and management of complex rehabilitation issues facing cancer patients across the spectrum of survivorship. Her primary clinical interest is in the identification, evaluation, and treatment of acute and chronic complications of cancer and their treatment – particularly lymphedema and its associated disorders. Dr. Presno owned and operated the only Cancer Rehabilitation Center in the West Region of Mexico.
