Association Of Academic Physiatrists

The AAP's Medical Student Council brings you the next episode of Pocket Mentor, a forum for trainees to get to know leading PM&R physicians and navigate a fulfilling career in the field. In this episode, Barbara Kozminski, MD interviews Joel Frontera, MD, PM&R Residency Program Director, Vice Chair of Education and Assistant Professor at UT Health McGovern Medical School. Learn how he discovered physiatry, ways to stand out in the application process, how to prepare for an interview, and more. You can follow the AAP's Medical Student Council on Twitter at AAPhysiatry_MSC and on Facebook at AAPhysiatryMSC.

The AJPM&R Journal Club podcast is back! Our host Eric Wistozky, MD, joined by Emma Nally, MD, interviews Heather Baer, MD on her study being published in the January issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: “Use of the electrodiagnostic entrustable professional activity for competency assessment in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation training programs.” Learn more about PM&R’s entrustable professional activities (EPAs) and observable practice areas (OPAs) and how you can use these tools in education and patient care. Read the abstract from the study:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31464758

Listen to the 3rd episode of The Road to Chair, a podcast series developed by the AAP's Resident/Fellow Council (RFC). In this episode, Neal Rakesh, MD, Chair of the RFC, interviews Sara Cuccurullo, MD, Chair and Residency Program Director at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/ JFK Medical Center and Vice Chair of the AAP’s Chair Council. Dr. Cuccurullo shares her journey from choosing a career in medicine and PM&R to becoming a Chair, as well as insights and tips into work ethic, publishing, women in leadership, getting involved in PM&R societies, and more.

The AAP's Medical Student Council brings you Pocket Mentor, a forum for trainees to get to know leading PM&R physicians and navigate a fulfilling career in the field. In this episode, Barbara Kozminski, MD interviews Miguel Escalon, MD, PM&R Residency Program Director and Director of Critical Care Rehabilitation at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Learn how he discovered physiatry, tips for standing out in your application and interview, possible career paths, and more. You can follow the AAP's Medical Student Council on Twitter at AAPhysiatry_MSC and on Facebook at AAPhysiatryMSC.

This podcast is brought to you by the AAP’s Chair Council! Hear from Diana Braza, MD, Department Chair at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and James McDeavitt, MD, SVP & Dean of Clinical Affairs at Baylor College of Medicine. They will help you be a better manager and leader with tips on transitioning into leadership positions, skills to develop that will support your career trajectory, relationship-building with your staff, having difficult conversations, collaborating with HR, interviewing and more.

Application season is here for your dream PM&R residency, and we want to help you succeed! In this second part of choosing a PM&R residency program, PM&R Program Directors share their perspectives on the residency match process. You'll hear from Nicholas Ketchum, MD, Dixie Aragaki, MD and Miguel Escalon, MD on tips and tricks for making your application and interview stand out.

Application season is here for your dream PM&R residency, and we want to help you succeed! In this first of two episodes, current PM&R residents Allison Schroeder, MD, Amy Unwin, MD and Jonathan Ramin, DO share their pearls and pitfalls of the application and interview process.

The AAP's Medical Student Council brings you Pocket Mentor, a forum for medical students to get to know leading PM&R physicians. In this episode, Collin Byrne interviews Agnes Chmiel, MD, PM&R Residency Program Director at McMaster University and Medical Director for the Inpatient Spinal Cord injury Program at the Regional Rehabilitation Centre. Learn how she balances her duties, tips for choosing a residency program, the application process, and more. You can follow the AAP's Medical Student Council on Twitter at AAPhysiatry_MSC and on Facebook at AAPhysiatryMSC.

We are proud to bring you the 2nd episode of The Road to Chair, a podcast series developed by the AAP's Resident/Fellow Council (RFC). In this episode, Neal Rakesh, MD, Chair of the RFC, interviews David J. (DJ) Kennedy, MD, Chair and Professor of PM&R at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Kennedy shares his journey from choosing PM&R as a career to becoming a Chair, as well as tips for trainees and early-career physiatrists.

If you're a medical student thinking about entering into physiatry, this episode is a must listen! Our Pocket Mentor host Barbara Kozminski, MD brings to you a session at Physiatry '19, the AAP's Annual Meeting, called "Success in the PM&R Match: Roundtables with Residency Directors". The residency program directors you will hear from are Monica Rho, MD (Northwestern University/ Shirley Ryab AbilityLab), Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD (Burke Rehabilitation Hospital), Joel Frontera, MD (McGovern Medical School at UTHealth) and Miguel Escalon, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai). You will hear advice on choosing PM&R as your specialty, becoming a competitive applicant, away rotations, crafting a standout application, and more.

Dr. Eric Wisotzky interviews Dr. Sara Cuccurullo (Chair, Professor and Residency Program Director at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Medical Director at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute) and Dr. Talya Fleming (Medical Director of the Stroke Recovery/Aftercare Program at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute) on their recent study published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Dive deep into their investigation into the "Impact of a Stroke Recovery Program Integrating Modified Cardiac Rehabilitation on All-cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Performance and Functional Performance." Read the full study: https://journals.lww.com/ajpmr/Abstract/publishahead/Impact_of_a_Stroke_Recovery_Program_Integrating.98241.aspx

David Morgenroth, MD is an Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, Chair of the AAP's Research Committee, and serves on the Advisory Board for the AAP's Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program (RMSTP). In this interview, shares how he found a path to and passion for being a physician-scientist. He also offers tips for physicians eager to get more involved in research. He is interviewed by Neal Rakesh, MD, Chair of the AAP's Resident/Fellow Council (RFC).

Drs. Eric Wisotzky and Laura Malmut interview Dr. Benjamin Mentiplay, a Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Science and a Research Fellow within the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They discuss his recent study, Gait Velocity and Joint Power Generation After Stroke: Contribution of Strength and Balance, which was published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The objective of this study was to assess the degree to which isometric strength of multiple lower limb muscle groups and balance is associated with gait velocity and joint power generation during gait after stroke. Dr. Mentiplay and fellow researchers found that ankle plantarflexor and hip flexor strength had the largest contribution to gait velocity.

Chris Garrison, MD, MBA interviews Michael Boninger, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research in PM&R at UPMC, on his career path to department chair, how he manages stress and work/life balance, identifying quality improvement (QI) projects, using QI projects to advance your career, and more.

In this episode, Barbara Kozminski, MD brings to you a session at Physiatry '19, the AAP's Annual Meeting, called "How to Be Successful on a PM&R Elective: Tackling the Rehab Assessment & Plan". The session presenters you will hear are Dr. Glendaliz Bosques, Associate Professor at UT Health/ TIRR Memorial Hermann/ McGovern Medical School, and Justin Schappell, MD, an incoming Resident at Mayo Clinic. You will also hear from medical student participants of Physiatry '19, who share their insights on the conference, sessions and PM&R interest. Resources mentioned in the podcast: International Classification of Function: www.who.int/classifications/icf/en Glasgow Coma Scale: www.glasgowcomascale.org ISNCSCI Exam: www.isncscialgorithm.com ASIA Scale: www.asia-spinalinjury.org/learning

Drs. Marissa Pavlinich and Danielle Perret Karimi were the lead authors of this AAP position statement. In it, they make a case for more research into non-pharmacological pain interventions and more funding for physiatry residency programs. Their position statement is published in the November 2018 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Hear Drs. Pavlinich and Perret Karimi discuss their findings with the AAP's Journal Club podcast host, Dr. Eric Wisotzky.

The AAP's Medical Student Council (MSC) brings you Pocket Mentor, a forum for medical students to get to know leading and up-and-coming PM&R physicians. In this episode, Barbara Kozminski, MD interviews Bryan Le, Past Chair of the MSC and an MS 4 at The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. You can learn more about the Medical Student Council at www.physiatry.org/medicalstudents. The council is also on Twitter at www.twitter.com/AAPhysiatry_MSC and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AAPhysiatryMSC. This episode features music by Bryan Le.

The AAP's Medical Student Council brings you Pocket Mentor, a forum for medical students to get to know leading PM&R physicians. In this episode, Barbara Kozminski interviews William Niehaus, MD, an Assistant Professor of PM&R at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. You can follow Dr. Niehaus on Twitter at NHausMD. Our council is also on Twitter at AAPhysiatry_MSC and on Facebook at AAPhysiatryMSC. The article we mentioned about social media in rehab medicine titled, "Should We be Social in Rehab?" by Neal Rakesh, MD, Vice Chair of the AAP's Resident/Fellow Council, can be found here: www.physiatry.org/PhysiatryForward. Our episode features music by MSC Chair, Bryan Le, and Podington Bear.

Welcome to The Road to Chair, a podcast series developed by the AAP's Resident/Fellow Council (RFC). In this inaugural episode, Neal Rakesh, MD, Vice Chair of the RFC, interviews Joel Stein, MD, Physiatrist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Professor and Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine at Columbia University, and Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Stein shares his journey to Chair and tips for trainees and early-career physiatrists.

The AAP's Medical Student Council brings you Pocket Mentor, a forum for medical students to get to know leading PM&R physicians. In this episode, Barbara Kozminski interviews Jeffrey Brault, DO, a physiatrist at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Brault discusses his career and offers advice to students.