Pediatric Rehabilitation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

One of only three triple board programs in the country, providing training and board eligibility in Pediatrics, PM&R, and Pediatric Rehab over a five-year residency. 

General Rotation Schedule: 

• PGY1: 12 months of Pediatrics

• PGY2-5: Mix of Pediatrics, adult PM&R, and Pediatric Rehabilitation. Amount of time spent in Pediatric Rehab increases each year, for a total of 12 months over the course of the residency program.  

Pediatrics rotations include: Hospital Medicine, Emergency Medicine, NICU, PICU, Primary Care, Neurology, Hematology/Oncology, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, and other subspecialties and electives.

Adult PM&R rotations include: Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation, Consults, Musculoskeletal Clinic, VA Clinic, Prosthetics and Orthotics, EMG. See Adult PM&R page for more details.

Pediatric Rehabilitation rotations include:

• Inpatient: taking care of patients on our 12-bed unit or doing consults

• Outpatient: seeing patients in a variety of clinics (* indicates a multidisciplinary clinic), such as:

  • General Rehabilitation

  • Cerebral Palsy Team*

  • Spinal Cord Injury

  • Brain Health and Wellness*

  • Spina Bifida*

  • Neuromuscular*

  • Infant Motor Evaluation Clinic*

  • Neuro-Oncology*

  • Sarcoma*

  • Brachial Plexus*

  • EMG

• We develop a number of procedural skills throughout our pediatric rehabilitation training, including botulinum toxin injections, phenol nerve blocks, and baclofen pump management.

• We also have two pediatric attendings certified in ultrasound.

Please see the CCHMC Website for more information.