Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Hallmarks of Excellence
Quality of Trainees
- 100% of our residency positions are filled each year
- ~40 applications received for each residency position available
- Our residents consistently win national and local awards while in training
- 7 national Earl Elkins Awards (highest score in U.S. on board exam Part I)
- 6 national Ernest Bors Awards (best research article in J Spinal Cord Med )
- 5 selected for Research Enrichment Course, MO Arthritis Rehab Research Ctr
- 5 elected to Assn. of Amer. Med. Colleges' Organization of Resident Representatives
- 4 elected to Alpha Omega Alpha while in residency
- 3 winners of Young Investigator Award, American Academy Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- 2 selected as AMA representatives for specialty of PM&R
- 1 representative to national PM&R Residency Review Committee
- 1 Stanley S. Bergen , Jr., M.D. Medal of Excellence
- Each year since 1989, 100% of our residents who have taken Part I of the PM&R board exam in the year of graduation have passed on their first attempt. This compares with a national first-time pass rate on the Part I exam given in May 2002 of only 85%
- Academic medicine careers were pursued directly by 8 graduates in past 5 years
- 68% of graduates pursued fellowships in past 5 years
Quality of Training Programs
- Full 5-year accreditation of residency program with NO citations
- Full 5-year accreditation of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine fellowship
- Newly accredited Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
- Fellowship opportunities are among the most extensive offerings in the U.S.
- Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (primary teaching affiliate) voted 2nd best rehabilitation hospital in U.S. ( U.S. News and World Report, yearly)
- Mandatory medical student clerkship + 10 electives offered at 7 clinical sites
- Mandatory resident research course + research project
Quality of Research
- 574 total publications over past 5 years
- 32 faculty publications in field of medical education
- Designated by NIDRR as a Spinal Cord Injury Model System and a Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
- Grant funding per year : approximately $3 million
Quality of Faculty
- Extensive faculty involvement in all 4 years of NJMS: teaching, curriculum development, admissions, alumni affairs
- National presence on leading medical policy organizations: ABMS, ECFMG, AAP, SMAG, ABPMR, AAMC (CAS)
- Extensive faculty service to, and leadership of, local, state and national organizations
- Nationally recognized leaders in use of OSCE within PM&R, linked to ACGME website
- Two consecutive winners: Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Humanism in Medicine Award (1998, 1999)
- The Kessler Foundation���s Joel A. DeLisa, MD Award for Excellence in Research and Education in the Field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was announced in 2010. This award will be presented annually for the next 20 years to a physician and/or scientist who has demonstrated a significant impact on the field of PM&R, particularly as it related to the translation of research and education to patient care. One annual award will be presented in the amount of $50,000.
- In October 2011, Dr. DeLisa was elected into membership of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies.
- The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Board of Directors has confirmed Dr. Susan Garstang���s appointment to the AGGME Review Committee for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Other Hallmarks
- CME courses for physiatrists are largest, most extensive offerings in U.S., including largest Board Review Course in the country.
- Leading text in field ( Rehabilitation Medicine, 4rd Ed. ) is edited by Chairman (26 other faculty are contributing editors), has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese
- UMDNJ's academic relationships with Kessler Institute and Kessler Foundation Research Center