The residency program consists of a core series of rotations. The didactic components of the residency program include a three-year curriculum of short formal courses held once a week during dedicated education time. In addition, a monthly Journal Club is held to review current literature. There are also Journal Clubs to review classic PM&R literature, Rehabilitation Resident and Attending Grand Rounds, Program Director Rounds and many other specialty conferences that keep residents abreast of the latest clinical and research advances and prepare the resident to present and share his/her research and clinical experience on a national level.
The Tufts University Health Sciences Library, adjacent to Tufts Medical Center, is part of the Arthur A. Sackler Center for Health Communication. It is a state-of-the-art electronic facility containing over 100,000 volumes, subscriptions to 1,300 Journals, on-line catalogs and access to computerized medical literature search services. Each of the rotation sites has a library and computerized literature search services as well.
Tufts Medical Center
New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
New England Sinai Hospital Satellite Unit
Boston VA Healthcare Systems
New England Rehabilitation Hospital
Southern New England Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatients
Salary and Benefits
Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington St., Box 400
Boston, MA 02111
Outpatient Adult Rehabilitation
General rehabilitation, acute, subacute, cumulative overuse musculoskeletal problems, acute and chronic pain conditions, Pain Clinic, Orthopaedic clinic, central nervous system and spinal diseases, management of spasticity. Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, amputees, post-polio syndromes etc., and interventional physiatry procedures.
Nursing Home clinic.
Outpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation
General rehabilitation, central nervous system and spinal diseases, cerebral palsy and management of spasticity. Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, baclofen pump, phenol and botulinum toxin nerve block procedures. Brace Clinic and Casting Clinic.
Pediatric experience available at New England Pediatric Care and other satellite clinics.
Consultation Services for adult, adolescent and pediatric patients within Tufts Medical Center.
Electrodiagnosis in Department of Neurology provides comprehensive development of measurable competencies and opportunities for each resident to have progressive responsibility diagnosing, assessing, and managing the conditions commonly encountered by the physiatrist performing EMG’s including:
- Assessment of neurological and musculoskeletal systems
- Involvement in over 200 electrodiagnostic consultations including performance and interpretation with report generation
- The resident will have history and physical examination experience pertinent for EMG
- Congenital or acquired myopathies, peripheral neuropathies, motor neuron and motor system diseases and other neuromuscular diseases.
- Hereditary, developmental and acquired central nervous system disorders, including cerebral palsy, stroke, myelomeningocele, and multiple sclerosis
New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
150 York Street
Stoughton, MA 02072
781-297-1315
The New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (NESH) is a 212-bed non-profit rehabilitation and chronic disease hospital in Stoughton, MA.
General Rehabilitation Consultation
Direct total patient consultative care for acute level rehabilitation unit, management of medical and rehabilitation needs of hospitalized patients, evaluation, diagnosis of patients with disabilities, management of ongoing medical and rehabilitation issues, development of functional perspective and team management skills. Amputee, prosthetic and orthotic clinics.
Outpatient Clinic
· Procedures: nerve blocks, trigger point injections, joint aspiration and injections, EMG’s.
· Patient population: stroke with associated medical conditions and problems including UTI, constipation, malnutrition, incontinence, seizures; anxiety, depression, anemia, syncope, DVT, joint contractures and pressure sores.
· Post total joint arthroplasties, post trauma, neurotrauma, neuro-degenerative conditions, acute and chronic pain, rheumatologic conditions and musculoskeletal problems, fractures of spine, lower extremity amputations, cervical and lumbar stenosis.
Boston VA Healthcare Systems
1400 VFW Parkway
West Roxbury, MA 02132
617-323-7700
The Boston VA Healthcare System in West Roxbury (WRVA) houses Boston's only regional Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It also has a general rehabilitation unit. Residents spend one rotation on the SCI service and one on general rehabilitation. It is located 6 miles from Tufts Medical Center.
Consultation Service
This rotation provides the opportunity for the residents to develop attitudes and psychomotor skills. The resident will be able to make sound clinical judgments and to design and monitor rehabilitation treatment programs. These treatment programs will be designed by the resident to minimize and prevent impairment while maximizing functional abilities, as well as to prevent injury, illness and disability. There will be inpatient rehabilitation consultations and outpatient clinic.
Polytrauma
An outpatient rotation consisting of Polytrauma outpatient clinic, EMG experience, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic, compensation and pension exams, presenting and writing case reports and Amputee clinic.
Spinal Cord Injury
There is direct total patient care, management of medical and rehabilitation needs of the hospitalized with comprehensive patient care. Residents conduct family and team meetings to discuss patient treatment plans and address psychosocial issues. Residents will see many spinal cord injured outpatients.
New England Rehabilitation Hospital
2 Rehabilitation Way
Woburn, MA, 01801
(781) 935-5050
The New England Rehabilitation Hospital (NERH) in Woburn, MA, is a large freestanding rehabilitation hospital providing services to a diverse patient population. There are four rotations involved in comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care of stroke, oncology/movement disorders, stroke, head injury, amputee and EMG patients. It is located 13 miles from Tufts Medical Center.
Oncology/Movement Disorders Rehabilitation
Direct total patient care, management of medical and rehabilitation needs of hospitalized patients in an acute care oncology rehabilitation unit
· Conduct family and team meetings to discuss patient’s treatment plan and progress
· Exposure to cancer syndromes, diagnosis, treatment plan, prognosis and complications, including treatment side effects such as XRT and chemotherapy; DVT prophylaxis and treatment; hospice care, psychosocial issues, pain management, and comfort care measures
· Direct patient care, management of patients with movement disorders
· Outpatient Clinic for musculoskeletal issues and Brace Clinic
· Senior resident teaching junior residents
Amputee and EMG
· Inpatient Services: direct total patient care, management of medical and rehabilitation needs of hospitalized patients in an acute care rehab unit. Comprehensive patient care, conduct family and team meetings to discuss patient’s treatment plan and progress; radiologic evaluation
· Outpatient Clinic: for general rehabilitation, amputee and EMG experience
· Procedures: stump care, phantom sensation and phantom pain management; EMG planning, performance, and interpretation; report generation
Outpatient Rehabilitation
· Outpatient Clinics: general pediatric & adult rehabilitation, acute, subacute, cumulative overuse, musculoskeletal problems, spine and sports injuries; acute and chronic pain conditions; central nervous system and spinal diseases, management of spasticity, amputees, pain, post-polio syndromes; Pain Clinic experience through Department of Anesthesia
Stroke/Head Injury
· Management of medical and rehabilitation needs of hospitalized patients in an inpatient head injury unit including severe stroke patients
· Comprehensive patient care
· Conduct family and team meetings to discuss patients treatment plan and address psychosocial issues
· Clinical conditions include subarachnoid hemorrhage, multi trauma, closed head injury, post surgical complications, hydrocephalus, encephalopathy, aneurismal bleeds and behavioral changes
Southern New England Rehabilitation Hospital
(Saint Joseph's Hospital)
21 Peace Street Providence, RI 02907
401-456-3000
Southern New England Rehabilitation Center/St. Joseph's Hospital (SNERC) is an independent rehabilitation hospital with rotations in stroke rehabilitation, research and administration. It is located approximately 30 miles from Boston.
Research and Medical Writing/Stroke Rehabilitation
· Direct patient management responsibility
· Management of medical and rehabilitation needs of hospitalized patients in a stroke service
· Comprehensive patient care, conduct family and team meetings to discuss patients treatment plan and address psychosocial issues
· Consultation to stroke patients
· Research and medical writing experience
· Medical administration and management experience
Salary and Benefits
PGY-2 $49,168
PGY-3 $51,552
PGY-4 $54,712
Paid vacation and personal time is provided each year. Senior residents are allowed time off for interviews. Each resident receives a yearly discretionary account for educational purposes. An excellent fringe benefit package is provided. Elective time is available in the senior year.