You will be working alongside Internal Medicine, Neurology, Anesthesia, and Ophthalmology residents at UC Medical Center. The 6 months of Internal Medicine include a mix of general wards, VA general wards, renal, cardiology, GI, etc. Orthopedics will include both inpatient and outpatient clinics with an option for OR experience if interested. It is a busy year but gives you the opportunity to meet friends and understand the hospital system!

As a PGY2, you will be new to the world of PM&R and it has a lot to offer! This half day clinic opportunity gives you a chance to explore any interests you may have within PM&R. Once a week, you will attend the clinic of your choice. You can change the clinic at any time and are free to try several clinics throughout the year. This is an excellent, low pressure opportunity to help you identify your interests within the field.

We will see patients 5 days a week (Monday-Friday) at The TriHealth Rehabilitation Hospital (Located just North of Cincinnati). Our responsibilities include medical management in addition to working closely with excellent Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Case Management to work towards our patient's goals and functional recovery. The patient population includes a variety of diagnoses ranging from SCI, TBI, Stroke, Amputee, and Trauma patients. We have two services made up of one senior and one junior resident on one team, and one senior resident on another team, as well as rotating medical students.

Consults will be performed at UC Medical Center. These consults will address spasticity management, agitation, baclofen management, etc. In addition, this will gives us the opportunity to meet patients at early onset of injury, promoting continuity of care and early intervention.

The PM&R Outpatient Clinic is located at The Gardner Neuroscience Institute (GNI). This office houses the MSK/Sports, Neurorehab, SCI, and Prosthetics & Orthotics clinic. GNI also houses the fluoroscopic suite.

MSK/Sports: Ultrasound guided joint injections, anatomically guided joint injections, nerve blocks, fluoroscopically guided lumbar spine injections, Tinjet

Prosthetics & Orthotics: Multi-disciplinary clinic for both medical management and evaluation/modification of prosthetics and orthotics

Neurorehab: Exposure to management of chronic pain and migraines with neurology-trained attending as well as excellent exposure to spasticity management with medications, Botox injections, and baclofen pump management.

Didactics are held every Thursday afternoon. This is protected time where all residents are excused from clinical duties. Our lectures include an intro to PM&R lecture series, EMG and MSK conferences, gross anatomy series, and ultrasound courses taught by various faculty, residents, and guest lecturers. Thursdays are also a fun time for residents to come together and bond over baked goods! We all take turns baking (or buying) a snack to enjoy throughout the afternoon!

As a PGY-2, you begin taking call for the inpatient rehab service at TriHealth. Call is from Thursday afternoon through the next Thursday afternoon. We take home-call meaning we hold the on-call phone and answer calls whenever the inpatient team leaves for the day. We also go in and round on the patients on Saturday mornings. The amount of call decreases as you advance through the program.

Several attendings within the UC PM&R program perform interventional spine procedures. Procedures include Epidural Spinal Injections, Nerve Root Injections, Facet Joint Injections, SI Joint Injections, Medial Branch Blocks, Radiofrequency Ablations, MILD procedure, and Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials. A fluoroscopic suite is located at GNI at UC and at the VA.

A former resident, current attending, helped to create The Bridge Adaptive Sports and Recreation. Opportunities include but aren’t limited to adaptive rock climbing, hand-cycling, sled hockey, tennis, track, skiing, golfing, wheelchair football, and wheelchair basketball.