Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a categorical, university-affiliated PM&R program anchored at Providence St. Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center, the largest free-standing Level I trauma rehabilitation hospital in the Inland Northwest, with a 1:1 trainee-faculty ratio and progressive resident autonomy over an inpatient caseload spanning stroke, TBI, SCI, amputation and pediatric rehabilitation. The curriculum has a distinct neurorehabilitation emphasis, built around subspecialty EMG training (residents exceed AANEM board-eligibility numbers), a multidisciplinary ALS clinic through the Steve Gleason Institute (with WSU), muscular dystrophy and movement disorders clinics, plus dedicated interventional spine/pain and sports/MSK rotations meeting ACGME procedure minimums. Faculty maintain a substantial research footprint (300+ publications, $25M+ funding), residents are encouraged toward national conference presentation and RMSTP fellowship participation, and the program hosts an endowed DeLisa Lectureship drawing national speakers, though the stated outcome orientation spans academic medicine, private practice, and fellowship rather than research as an end in itself. Distinctive structural features include a newly integrated categorical PGY-1 pipeline through Providence Sacred Heart, a dedicated SNF rotation, pediatric exposure via Shriners Children's, and resident-driven interest groups (Piezoelectric Peers) reflecting a hands-on procedural culture within a smaller-city, community-embedded setting.