Stony Brook Medicine-University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, university-affiliated advanced PM&R program (3 residents per class) built around a tri-institutional model spanning Stony Brook University Hospital, St. Charles Hospital (the only CARF-accredited inpatient/outpatient rehab facility on Long Island), and the Northport VAMC. The structure emphasizes high procedural exposure and near one-to-one resident-attending ratios, with dedicated two-month interventional spine and EMG/neuromuscular blocks, monthly musculoskeletal ultrasound workshops, and broad exposure across inpatient neurorehabilitation, pediatrics, and VA-based outpatient/pain practice. Scholarly activity centers on case reports and posters presented at AAPMR and AAP meetings rather than funded bench or translational research, reflecting a clinically-oriented, procedure-forward scholarly culture. Historically half of graduates pursue fellowship (heavily interventional pain/spine, with some neuromuscular, cancer rehab, and sports medicine), while the other half move directly into private practice or acute rehab medical director roles, indicating the program values procedural competence and practice-readiness over academic research output.