Emory University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

Emory's PM&R residency is an academic, subspecialty-dense program built around a distinctive multi-site clinical network spanning Shepherd Center (one of the nation's largest inpatient rehabilitation facilities with a dedicated ICU and model spinal cord injury center), Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Grady Memorial's Level 1 trauma and neuro-ICU service, and the Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center. This structure gives residents unusually deep exposure to high-acuity spinal cord injury, brain injury, pediatric rehabilitation, and interventional spine/musculoskeletal procedures (fluoroscopic injections, EMG, intrathecal baclofen pump management, ultrasound-guided procedures) alongside four in-house ACGME fellowships (Brain Injury Medicine, Oncology Rehab, Pediatric Rehab, Primary Care Sports Medicine) that create a natural subspecialization pipeline. The department frames itself around integrating clinical, translational, and bench research into physiatric practice, and values residents oriented toward becoming subspecialty experts or investigators rather than generalist outpatient physiatrists. Its identity is tertiary/quaternary academic rehabilitation medicine at a top-ranked, procedurally rich program rather than a community or primary-care-oriented track.