Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, tertiary academic PM&R program (two residents per year) embedded within Cleveland Clinic's large multi-institute enterprise, drawing on an integrated academic practice model spanning inpatient rehabilitation hospitals (Avon, Beachwood), MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute for SCI/TBI, the Louis Stokes VA for SCI, and Cleveland Clinic Children's Rehab Hospital for pediatrics. Residents rotate across a genuinely broad case mix - stroke, SCI, TBI, pediatrics, oncology rehab, interventional pain/spasticity, EMG - with dedicated electrodiagnostic training built jointly with Neurology and shared didactics with the Case Western/MetroHealth PM&R program. Since 2020 all residents complete a mentored research project with presentation at academic meetings, supported by rehabilitation researchers across the PM&R department, Neurological Institute, and Lerner Research Institute, signaling an expectation of scholarly output rather than optional participation. The program values residents comfortable operating across a multi-site, subspecialized, protocol-driven system rather than a single home hospital, and who can engage meaningfully with structured research requirements alongside broad clinical exposure.