University of South Florida Morsani James A Haley Veterans Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated, four-year categorical PM&R program anchored at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, one of the largest VA spinal cord injury centers in the country (100+ SCI beds, dedicated ventilator and long-term-care units), with additional rotations at Tampa General Hospital and Moffitt Cancer Center for pediatric rehabilitation, oncologic/palliative rehab, and interventional pain exposure. The curriculum is procedurally weighted toward musculoskeletal injection clinics, EMG/NCS, and interventional pain (including private-practice pain rotations) across PGY2-4, alongside required inpatient rotations in TBI, SCI, and general rehabilitation, reflecting a program built to produce broad-based physiatrists rather than a single-track subspecialist pipeline. Scholarly activity is a mandatory, structured component (required abstract submission or publication, assigned faculty mentors, sponsored national meeting attendance) but is positioned as a supportive expectation rather than a research-intensive identity, and the program's own SCI fellowship provides an in-house subspecialty pathway for interested residents. Current resident interests skew heavily toward MSK, sports/spine, and interventional pain, with a strong osteopathic representation, suggesting the program values residents comfortable in a VA-based, procedurally-oriented, interdisciplinary training environment.