Are you looking to get into the physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program of your dreams? We’ve got you covered! Here, we’ll give you the inside scoop on which physical medicine and rehabilitation programs have the highest and lowest publications, MD-PhDs, AOA, and Gold Humanism members among matched applicants. So, if you’re curious about physical medicine and rehabilitation or have a specific program in mind, you can learn all the details you need to maximize your chances of becoming a physiatrist.
Which Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Programs Require the Most Research?
As discussed previously, matched physical medicine and rehabilitation applicants have some of the lowest numbers of abstracts, presentations, and publications.
But how many publications are expected of each physical medicine and rehabilitation residency? Here, we’ll discuss which programs have the most – and fewest – publications among their residents. That way, you can make an informed decision and feel hopeful about getting into the program that’s right for you.
Let’s look at which physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs have the most – and least – publications among their members. (NOTE: the data here report the Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants. This is more narrow – and restrictive – than the “abstracts, presentations, and publications,” measure found on ERAS and reported by the Charting Outcomes in the Match reports.)
| Residency program name | City | State | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 4 | 4 | 0% | 8 | 23 | OPT | 18 | 71 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6% | 11 | 16 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 4 | 4 | 0% | 15 | 10 | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 4 | 3 | 0% | 13 | 19 | OPT | 30 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 4 | 3 | 0% | 7 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | Manhasset | NY | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 10 | REQ | 0 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 12 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 3 | 5 | 0% | 0 | 9 | OPT | 12 | 76 | 0 | 12 | 27 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 3 | 4 | 0% | 3 | 17 | OPT | 0 | 79 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 7 | REQ | 25 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 36 | |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 6 | NA | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Carolinas Medical Center Program | Charlotte | NC | 3 | 3 | 0% | 4 | 4 | OPT | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 3 | 4 | 0% | 6 | 9 | REQ | 46 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 20 | |
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 3 | REQ | 8 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 24 | |
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 10 | REQ | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 11 | |
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network/MossRehab Program Program | Philadelphia | PA | 3 | 3 | #DIV/0! | 0 | 21 | NA | 0 | |||||
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 3 | 3 | 0% | 3 | 7 | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 3 | 3 | 0% | 2 | 7 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 3 | 4 | 0% | 5 | 18 | NA | 6 | 69 | 19 | 6 | 24 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 3 | 2 | 0% | 10 | 15 | OPT | 57 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 16 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 7 | NA | 42 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 7 | OPT | 0 | 67 | 0 | 33 | 9 | |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 3 | 4 | 0% | 2 | 14 | OPT | 11 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 30 | |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0 | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program | White Plains | NY | 2 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 4 | REQ | 0 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 16 | |
| Nassau University Medical Center Program | East Meadow | NY | 2 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 17 | OPT | 11 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
| New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program | New York | NY | 2 | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0 | OPT | 29 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Program | Syracuse | NY | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 3 | REQ | 33 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 18 | |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 2 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 12 | OPT | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 2 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 10 | OPT | 12 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 2 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 10 | OPT | 27 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 32 | |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 2 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 5 | OPT | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 14 | |
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | OPT | 38 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center/Mercy Medical Center Program | Rockville Centre | NY | 0% | OPT | 29 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |||||
| Rochester Regional Health/Unity Hospital Program | Rochester | NY | #DIV/0! | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 1 | 8% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Port Jefferson | NY | 0% | OPT | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| One Brooklyn Health System/Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Program | Brooklyn | NY | 0% | OPT | 38 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 12 | |||||
| Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program | Greenville | NC | 0% | OPT | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 6 | |||||
| University Hospitals Community Consortium Program | Richmond Heights | OH | 0% | REQ | 75 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | |||||
| University of Toledo Program | Toledo | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 9 | |||||
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program | Scranton | PA | #DIV/0! | NA | 0 | |||||||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Bloomsburg | PA | 0% | OPT | 10 | |||||||||
| Tower Health Program | Wyomissing | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| University of Puerto Rico Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | 12 | ||||||||||
| VA Caribbean Healthcare System Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 0 | 83 | 0 | 17 | 12 | |||||
| University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program | Austin | TX | 0% | NA | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 6 | |||||
| Baylor University Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 0% | REQ | 17 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Program | Spokane | WA | 0% | OPT | 6 |
What Are the Most Research-Heavy Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programs?
Here are the physical medicine and rehabilitation programs with the highest average publications among matched applicants:
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program (4 publications on average)
- UPMC Medical Education Program (4 publications on average )
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program (4 publications on average)
- University of Utah Health Program (4 publications on average)
- Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program (4 publications on average)
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program (3 publications on average)
- Nineteen programs with 3 publications on average
What Are the Least Research-Heavy Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programs?
Here are the physical medicine and rehabilitation programs with the lowest average publications among matched applicants:
- Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program (two publications on average)
- Nassau University Medical Center Program (two publications on average)
- Eight programs with two publications on average
Which Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Programs Have the Most MD-PhDs?
Are you hoping to get into a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program? Having an MD-PhD may help you stand out, but it’s not always necessary.
As noted previously, having an MD-PhD is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into physical medicine and rehabilitation as a specialty. Note that this is a relatively small advantage (~14% match rate increase for those with a PhD vs. those without).
Check out this list of physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs in the US and their MD-PhD percentages.
| Residency program name | City | State | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 8% | 1 | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 6% | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 5% | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | OPT | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Rochester Regional Health/Unity Hospital Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program | Scranton | PA | 0% | NA | 0 | |||||||||
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network/MossRehab Program Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | NA | 0 | |||||
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | OPT | 38 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program | White Plains | NY | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | REQ | 0 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 16 | |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center/Mercy Medical Center Program | Rockville Centre | NY | 0% | OPT | 29 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |||||
| Nassau University Medical Center Program | East Meadow | NY | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | OPT | 11 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 0% | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | OPT | 18 | 71 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | Manhasset | NY | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | REQ | 0 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 12 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | OPT | 12 | 76 | 0 | 12 | 27 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 0% | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | OPT | 0 | 79 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |
| New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program | New York | NY | 0% | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | OPT | 29 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | REQ | 25 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 36 | |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | NA | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Program | Syracuse | NY | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | REQ | 33 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 18 | |
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Port Jefferson | NY | 0% | OPT | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| One Brooklyn Health System/Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Program | Brooklyn | NY | 0% | OPT | 38 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 12 | |||||
| Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program | Greenville | NC | 0% | OPT | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Carolinas Medical Center Program | Charlotte | NC | 0% | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | OPT | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | OPT | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 6 | |||||
| University Hospitals Community Consortium Program | Richmond Heights | OH | 0% | REQ | 75 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | |||||
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | REQ | 46 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 20 | |
| University of Toledo Program | Toledo | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 9 | |||||
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | REQ | 8 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 24 | |
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | REQ | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 11 | |
| Geisinger Health System Program | Bloomsburg | PA | 0% | OPT | 10 | |||||||||
| Tower Health Program | Wyomissing | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | OPT | 12 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| University of Puerto Rico Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | 12 | ||||||||||
| VA Caribbean Healthcare System Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 0 | 83 | 0 | 17 | 12 | |||||
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 0% | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program | Austin | TX | 0% | NA | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 6 | |||||
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 0% | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 0% | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | NA | 6 | 69 | 19 | 6 | 24 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | OPT | 27 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 32 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 0% | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | OPT | 57 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 16 | |
| Baylor University Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 0% | REQ | 17 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 0% | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | OPT | 30 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | NA | 42 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | OPT | 0 | 67 | 0 | 33 | 9 | |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | OPT | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 14 | |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Program | Spokane | WA | 0% | OPT | 6 | |||||||||
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 0% | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | OPT | 11 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 30 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 18 | |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programs with the Highest Percentage of MD-PhDs
Here are the physical medicine and rehabilitation programs with the highest reported % of residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs:
- University of Rochester Program (8%)
- UPMC Medical Education Program (6%)
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program (5%)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programs with the Lowest Percentage of MD-PhDs
While having an MD-PhD can give you a leg up on matching into physical medicine and rehabilitation, note that there are many (many) programs without an MD-PhD among their residents. In fact, there were only 3 programs that reported having any graduates from MD-PhD programs.
Which Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programs Have the Most AOA and Gold Humanism Honor Society Members?
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) memberships are two important factors in the physical medicine and rehabilitation residency matching process. AOA recognizes students and residents who excel academically, in leadership, and in professionalism, while GHHS recognizes individuals who show exceptional qualities in patient-centered care and humanism.
As noted before, AOA membership is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Here we list the US physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs and the % of their residents who were AOA or GHHS members. Note you can search for individual programs, sort the data, and many other useful things in your physical medicine and rehabilitation residency search.
| Residency program name | City | State | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 15 | 10 | 0% | 4 | 4 | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 13 | 19 | 0% | 4 | 3 | OPT | 30 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 11 | 16 | 2 | 6% | 4 | 4 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 10 | 15 | 0% | 3 | 2 | OPT | 57 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 16 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 8 | 23 | 0% | 4 | 4 | OPT | 18 | 71 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 7 | 3 | 0% | 4 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 6 | 9 | 0% | 3 | 4 | REQ | 46 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 20 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 5 | 18 | 0% | 3 | 4 | NA | 6 | 69 | 19 | 6 | 24 | |
| Carolinas Medical Center Program | Charlotte | NC | 4 | 4 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 3 | 17 | 0% | 3 | 4 | OPT | 0 | 79 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5% | 3 | 4 | OPT | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 3 | 7 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 2 | 7 | 0% | 3 | 3 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 2 | 14 | 0% | 3 | 4 | OPT | 11 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 30 | |
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | OPT | 38 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program | White Plains | NY | 0 | 4 | 0% | 2 | 3 | REQ | 0 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 16 | |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center/Mercy Medical Center Program | Rockville Centre | NY | 0% | OPT | 29 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |||||
| Rochester Regional Health/Unity Hospital Program | Rochester | NY | #DIV/0! | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Nassau University Medical Center Program | East Meadow | NY | 0 | 17 | 0% | 2 | 1 | OPT | 11 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | Manhasset | NY | 0 | 10 | 0% | 3 | 3 | REQ | 0 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 12 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 0 | 9 | 0% | 3 | 5 | OPT | 12 | 76 | 0 | 12 | 27 | |
| New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program | New York | NY | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 5 | OPT | 29 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 0 | 7 | 0% | 3 | 3 | REQ | 25 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 36 | |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 0 | 6 | 0% | 3 | 3 | NA | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 1 | 8% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Program | Syracuse | NY | 0 | 3 | 0% | 2 | 2 | REQ | 33 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 18 | |
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Port Jefferson | NY | 0% | OPT | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| One Brooklyn Health System/Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Program | Brooklyn | NY | 0% | OPT | 38 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 12 | |||||
| Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program | Greenville | NC | 0% | OPT | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 0 | 12 | 0% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 6 | |||||
| University Hospitals Community Consortium Program | Richmond Heights | OH | 0% | REQ | 75 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | |||||
| University of Toledo Program | Toledo | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 9 | |||||
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 0 | 3 | 0% | 3 | 3 | REQ | 8 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program | Scranton | PA | #DIV/0! | NA | 0 | |||||||||
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 0 | 10 | 0% | 3 | 3 | REQ | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 11 | |
| Geisinger Health System Program | Bloomsburg | PA | 0% | OPT | 10 | |||||||||
| Tower Health Program | Wyomissing | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network/MossRehab Program Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0 | 21 | #DIV/0! | 3 | 3 | NA | 0 | |||||
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0 | 10 | 0% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 12 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| University of Puerto Rico Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | 12 | ||||||||||
| VA Caribbean Healthcare System Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 0 | 83 | 0 | 17 | 12 | |||||
| University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program | Austin | TX | 0% | NA | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 6 | |||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0 | 10 | 0% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 27 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 32 | |
| Baylor University Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 0% | REQ | 17 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0 | 7 | 0% | 3 | 3 | NA | 42 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 0 | 7 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 67 | 0 | 33 | 9 | |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 0 | 5 | 0% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 14 | |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Program | Spokane | WA | 0% | OPT | 6 | |||||||||
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programs with the Most and Least AOA and GHHS Members
The physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs with the highest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program
- University of Utah Health Program
- UPMC Medical Education Program
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program
The physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs with the lowest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program
- University of Washington Program
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program
- University of Pennsylvania Health System Program
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program
Are AOA Numbers Artificially Low in the Most Competitive Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Programs?
As we can see above, while AOA and GHHS membership can be beneficial, it’s not necessarily a critical factor in being accepted into a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program.
For example, the Columbia and Cornell physical medicine and rehabilitation program only had 8% of its residents with AOA memberships and only 23% with GHHS memberships. (The Columbia and Cornell physical medicine and rehabilitation program is a New York Presbyterian Hospital Program).
So, why might some of the most competitive physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs have fewer AOA and GHHS members? One potential explanation is that some of the most prestigious medical schools don’t have AOA chapters. For example, the medical schools at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and UCSF all lack AOA chapters.
Ultimately, it’s essential to remember that AOA and GHHS membership can be important factors in getting accepted into a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program. However, they’re not the only ones. There are plenty of other ways to make your application stand out, such as having strong USMLE scores, letters of recommendation, and a well-crafted personal statement.
Concluding Thoughts
Publications; AOA and GHHS membership; and having a PhD can all benefit an application into physical medicine and rehabilitation. However, as we can see, there are different physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs that have different expectations as to what they are looking for in applicants.
