Albany Med Health System Program

Program Identity & Fit

Albany Med's four-year PM&R residency is a university-affiliated, procedurally-intensive program built around a distinctive triad: Albany Medical Center (a busy Level 1 trauma tertiary hub), Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital (a 115-bed dedicated inpatient rehab facility with spinal cord, brain injury, stroke, amputee, and pediatric units), and the Center for Disability Services. The curriculum is defined by unusually heavy procedural volume and structured skill-building - a six-module ultrasound curriculum with cadaver injection labs, at least 300 EMGs and 300 chemodenervation procedures expected per resident, robotic gait technologies (EKSO, ReWalk, InMotion), and dedicated spine/pain and prosthetics/orthotics rotations. Research is resident-driven and clinically embedded (quality-of-care, gait training, adaptive technology projects) rather than bench-science or grant-central, positioning graduates for either independent physiatric practice or fellowship (sports, pain, spine, pediatric rehab) built on strong procedural competency. The program values hands-on procedural mastery, interdisciplinary team-based inpatient rehab experience, and residents who thrive in a structured, mentorship-heavy, community-engaged academic environment.