📢We are thrilled to announce the
@UPMC_PMR
class of 2026!🎉👏
We look forward to seeing their contributions to our program and the field of
#Physiatry
💉🦾
Congratulations, We cannot wait to have you join us in Pittsburgh! 🏙🌁
#Match2022
#PMRMatch
👉We believe in transparency and want our applicants to feel empowered during the
#Match2022
process. We have 9 positions, 5 categorical. We interview approximately 10 residents per position. We do not send out more interview invitations than spots. All interviews are virtual.👈
Our own
@UPMC_PMR
Sports Medicine Fellowship Director Dr. Onishi (
@kenonishi0918
) representing at the
#TokyoOlympics
! Congratulations to him as he serves on the International Olympic Committee Research Team!
🙌 We are proud to share that UPMC Mercy has been ranked a Top 10 Rehabilitation Hospital in the nation by
@usnews
for 2022-23!
Huge thanks to all of our wonderful staff who make Mercy an amazing place for patients to receive rehabilitation services ❤️
#upmc
@UPMCnews
🙌 Congratulations to 2020 administrative chief resident, Dr. Matt Sherrier, on matching to
@NorthwesternPMR
for his
#sportsmedicine
fellowship this week! We are so proud of you!
#physiatry
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PGY4s ON A SUCCESSFUL PAIN MATCH 🎉
Isaiah Levy, MD, Merna Naji, MD and Alexander Stanton, MD have matched into the ACGME accredited Pain Medicine program at UPMC! 💉💊🩻
#pain
#fellowship
#upmc
#anesthesia
#rehab
UPMC Rehabilitation Institute is proud to be
#1
in the nation for NIH funding among physical medicine and rehabilitation programs.
@UPMC
#UPMCInnovates
#Physiatry
Congratulations to chief resident Dr. Matt Sherrier on winning the 2020
#UPMC
Rehabilitation Institute Research Day - Best Rehabilitation Resident Award for the second year in a row and Dr. Kuntal Chowdhary (
@KChowdharyMD
) for winning best resident poster!
#Medstudents
! You’re invited to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s First
#Virtual
Meet and Greet!
Join us on 9/3/20 at 8PM EST via Zoom for casual small group sessions with our
#Physiatry
residents! Please register by 9/2/20 at noon:
Congrats to our Chair, Gwen Sowa MD, PhD, and the rest of the team on this major
@NIH
grant to establish a new
#BackPain
Research Center
@UPMC
!
#physiatry
You didn’t think our seniors were going to ride off into the sunset 🌅 without a proper socially distanced goodbye to each other, did you?
#classof2020
#upmc
#physiatry
Congratulations to everyone that matched today! We are so excited for the future of
#Physiatry
and especially thrilled with the new additions to our
@UPMC_PMR
family. Stay tuned for the roster 😬
#Match2022
#PMRMatch
It was a pleasure to join our colleagues and future
#Physiatry
residents for the
@PmrScholars
Virtual Residency Fair this evening! What a successful and informative event.
Received the awesome news that I’ll be training at
@UPMC_PMR
for Sports Medicine fellowship! Can’t wait to join this team! Thankful for the guidance from
@NorthwesternPMR
family
Med Students, Join us next Tuesday, September 14th from 6-7pm EDT on Microsoft Teams for a chance to meet some of our PM&R residents in an informal setting and ask us anything!Register here:
#Physiatry
#MedEd
#2022Match
Here’s an excellent overview of the
@UPMC
Program for Spine Health led by our own Chris Standaert MD. He is pioneering a new way to address spine-related disorders.
#Physiatry
#BackPain
Congratulations to Sara Brown, one of our wonderful Program Coordinators as she starts her new journey with the UPMC Graduate Medical Education Office! She has been a rock for our program and will be missed immensely. Thank you for everything! ❤️ 🎉
#Family
#MedEd
#Physiatry
Dear
#Physiatry
#MedStudentTwitter
Over the next few weeks and months, we will be holding virtual events to share our program, people and culture with you.
Feel free to connect with us by emailing us at upmcpmrprogram
@gmail
.com to join our listserv!
Thank you to everyone that joined us for our first
#Virtual
Meet and Greet! The future of
#physiatry
is bright! 🌟 Good luck with the interview season, y'all picked the best specialty out there!
Stay tuned for future events hosted by our residency and fellowship programs!
#Medstudents
! You’re invited to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s First
#Virtual
Meet and Greet!
Join us on 9/3/20 at 8PM EST via Zoom for casual small group sessions with our
#Physiatry
residents! Please register by 9/2/20 at noon:
Join us on Thursday, July 9th at 8 pm EST for a fun & informative virtual open house! Talk to leadership & members of the UPMC PMR Residency Program and get your questions answered. RSVP by July 8th with your email to upmcpmrprogram
@gmail
.com
Congratulations to our Chair, Gwen Sowa MD, PhD, for toping the list of 2019 NIH awards among Principal Investigators in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
#Physiatry
#BackPain
Congrats to our senior residents Dr. Davis and Dr. McCoy for FISA foundation grant award funding for their QI project addressing barriers related to access to care for patients in outpatient clinical settings!
#UPMC
#physiatry
#PMR
#qualityimprovement
#disabilityinclusion
Today was the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new
@UPMC
Vision and Rehabilitation Hospital! Here is
#Physiatry
Dept. Chair, Gwen Sowa MD, PhD discussing the significance of this exciting project.
#UPMCinnovates
@PittSHRS
@PittStroke
Join us for our 2nd Annual
#CancerRehab
Conference on 4/10/21!! We are excited to have keynote speakers Andrea Cheville, MD from
@MayoClinicPMR
and
@NicoleStoutPT
, as well many other expert speakers!
See link for full agenda & register by 4/8/21! ➡️
2023 Sideline Coverage Course ✅
This year we will be covering:
🏈 High School Football
🏐🏀⚽️🥍Duquesne (D1) Women's Sports
🏒USHL Hockey
🏉Steelwheelers Wheelchair Rugby
and more!
Thank you
@DrRyanNuss
, our fellows Dr. Mead, Dr. Super and Duquesne ATCs for getting us ready!
Check out this UPMC Rehab Grand Rounds article by Dr. Kali Webb and Dr. Marisa Moreta on managing shoulder pain in the hemiplegic patient!
#upmc
#physiatry
#PMR
We are thrilled to have Dr. Tuakli
@YetsaTuakli
join our
@UPMC
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as a
#SportsMedicine
attending! She also leads a sports equity lab and we can’t wait to work with her this year!
#Physiatry
@UPMC_RFAC
Last Chief Meeting of the year with our outgoing PGY4 chiefs!
HUGE thank you to
@alexlloydmd
,
@A_SchroederMD
, and
@RohitNavlaniDO
for all of your hard work, inspired change, empathetic listening, and genuine care this year!
#physiatry
Good morning
#residents
&
#fellows
:
The
@AAPhysiatry_RFC
2022-2023 election is now LIVE.
Members received an email this morning (around 7 EST) with a personalized ID/password. Use the link there to access your ballot. Best of luck to all nominees.
Now go get those votes in!
Congratulations to our own
@msmithDO
for receiving the Culture of Safety, Josie King Hero Award in recognition for strong patient advocacy, patient safety, and quality care!
#UPMCCultureOfSafety
#Physiatry
Today was a big day:
✅ Became fully Board Certified in PM&R
🎖Completed my Sports Medicine Fellowship
@mayoclinicsport
😭Said goodbye to a phenomenal group of coworkers, mentors, colleagues, and friends
🥳 Celebrated the end of 28 years of school/medical training
Congrats to all the winners, including our former resident
@pjayabalanMDPhD
(Early Career Academician), former resident and current faculty
@A_SchroederMD
(Outstanding Reviewer), and former brain injury fellow Dr. Justin Weppner (Best Paper)! 👏👏
#physiatry22
@AAPhysiatrists
🚶♂️Gait speed in patients with Cerebral Palsy has wide-ranging implications on physical function & emotional well-being during/after the transition to adulthood.
Hear more pearls about
#CerebralPalsy
from Dr. Matt Maccarthy TOMORROW from 4:45-6PM at
#ACRM2020
#virtualconference
!
Drs. Allison Bean (
@AlliBeanMDPhD
) and Fabrisia Ambrosio from UPMC will present on Regenerative Medicine Consultations - Enhancing Patient-Physiatrist Communication; Friday 5/27, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
#Physiatry22
Congrats to our own Amy Wagner MD, Director of the
@UPMC_PMR
Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship, and her
@WestVirginiaU
colleagues on their nearly $1 million
@NIH
award to seek cures for chronic traumatic brain 🧠 injuries!
@UPMC
🚨 Join us!🚨
Our residents will be hosting an informal information session and Q&A on 9/29 @ 8 PM ET!
Come learn more about our program, our city and our residents!
We are proud to introduce you to our new Resident Fellow Council
@AAPhysiatry_RFC
! These bright
#physiatry
trainees will serve on AAP committees, build development opportunities for peers, and MUCH more. We can't wait to see what they achieve! Meet them at
#WorldDisabilityDay
I am honored to know Dr. Lisa Iezzoni, MD, the number one expert in disabled persons (according to expertscape) and to make it on the list, myself.
Did you miss our presentation at the
@PmrScholars
virtual residency fair?
Check out the recording of our Chief,
@KChowdharyMD
and our PD’s presentation on YouTube!
Feel free to contact us with any questions!
Join UPMC’s Dr. Kuntal Chowdhary (
@KChowdharyMD
) at
#Physiatry22
for her oral presentation: Coming of Age – An Investigation into the Impact of Aging on the Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment in Osteoarthritis; Saturday 5/28 from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m.
🚨 Medical Students🚨
Are you interested in learning about PM&R? 💉⚡️
Join us for an evening of learning about the specialty - ⚡️EMG, 🔊Ultrasound, 💉💪Spasticity Management, 🦼🦾Assistive Devices and more!
📆2/28, 5:30 PM @ Kauffman
Register:
Be sure to thank a resident on 2/28 and every day for their dedication, hard work, enthusiasm, and cutting edge ideas.
UPMC PMR residents are some of the best in the country!
#thankaresident
#physiatry
#medtwitter
📽 Don’t miss out on our next Rehab Reels event on Jan 26th, featuring Dr. Debbie Tan and hosted by Dr. Gwendolyn Sowa! Dr. Tan will discuss
#rehabilitation
and medical complexity during
#COVID19
. Register by Jan 22nd!
#physiatry
#upmc
Link:
Dr. Chris Standaert leads our virtual journal club this evening and discusses RFA and the Dreyfuss (2000) and Nath (2008) studies.
#spine
#pain
#physiatry
#BackPain
Really proud to announce that I was selected for the North American Neuromodulation Society's 2021 Kumar New Investigator Award!
#NANS2021
sessions start today. It's a great way to get exposure to cutting edge research in neuromodulation.
We're continuing to highlight top-rated posters from
#Physiatry
'21!
Check out this week's feature: "Botulinum toxin A for treatment of chronic exertional compartment syndrome in a collegiate lacrosse player in context of a failed compartment release"
Dr. Kevin Franzese, one of our brilliant brain injury medicine Attendings, explains the science behind
#BrainsandCranes
at the site of the new
@UPMC
Vision and Rehabilitation Tower! 🧠🏗
#physiatry