Residency in PM&R
Burke offers a three-year advanced Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residency Program with Albert Einstein College of Medicine as our academic partner. The PM&R Residency at Burke follows the guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of PM&R.
PM&R Residency Experience
As a Burke resident, you’ll get a unique training experience. Our 150-bed free-standing hospital provides educational opportunities in five specialized units:
Work directly with neurologists, physiatrists, internists, brain injury and spinal cord injury specialists, and sports and orthopedic specialists. Gain valuable experience caring for a wide spectrum of patient populations with rotations through multiple outpatient sites.
Meet our current residents and fellows.
Mission
The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program seeks to attract exceptional medical students by maintaining a strong reputation and aligning our educational program with residents’ interests and goals.
Our mission includes:
- Pursuing the highest standards in medical and physiatric education
- Training the next generation of leaders in physiatry
- Sharing this knowledge and skill with our colleagues, residents, students, patients and the community we serve
The program prepares residents for unsupervised PM&R practice by acquiring all general and specific core competencies in a thoughtful, developmental sequence guided by the Physiatric Milestones.
Values
- Striving for Excellence
- Partnership
- Teamwork
- Ethics, Honesty and Respect
- Accountability
- Diversity
- Continuous Improvement
Educational Program
As a PM&R Resident, you will participate in a 12-month didactic block program that includes:
- Clinical rotations in neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedic/amputation, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in Burke’s inpatient setting
- Outpatient rotations at the main campus for musculoskeletal care, spasticity clinic and electrodiagnosis
- Rotations at Montefiore Medical Center located in the Bronx, NY
- Rotation at a level 1 trauma center
- Monthly Grand Rounds, Electrodiagnosis Case Conferences
- Adaptive Sports Program
- Sports coverage for local schools, New York City Marathon
- Research and presentation at graduation research day and at national conferences
- Performance Improvement (PI) projects and presentations at PI Showcase Day
A Letter from Burke’s Program Director
Welcome to the Burke PM&R Residency Program website!
I am excited to introduce our program to you. I hope you learn about our fantastic residents, faculties, curriculum, and more by exploring our site. There are many critical issues for healthcare and our society to achieve. Health equity, aging with minimal disabilities, and chronic disease management are just a few. These issues require high-functioning teams, setting clear goals, and focusing on what matters to the patients. The field of Physiatry has been a leader of medical specialties in implementing patient and family-centeredness, goal-oriented, and interdisciplinary team approach in our service. It is the prime time for you to become a physiatrist who will make our patients, community, and country healthy!
Our program is designed to develop well-rounded trainees competent and confident in PM&R-specific knowledge and skills. In addition, our training program emphasizes the trainees to Think Big and build a career that will benefit the population and society. Our faculties are excellent teachers and dedicated clinicians exemplary in this regard. Our residents are the highlights of our program – a closely-knit group of enthusiastic, caring, and fun individuals. Our graduates have been consistently accepted to the top fellowship programs of all subspecialties and continue to be successful as independent practitioners in academic centers or private practices. Our alums keep in touch with each other and the program, maintaining the lifelong bonds cultivated during training.
As Program Director, I devote myself to creating an environment where trainees learn, progress, and fully realize their potential. We always welcome innovative ideas for effective and efficient learning. (There is no “bad” idea.)
I look forward to meeting students ready to take a professional journey to be physiatrists who will make a difference in patients’ lives and their communities.
With warm regards,
Haris Choudry, MD, MPH
Program Director, PM&R Residency Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
