Residencies

The Georgetown University Hospital/National Rehabilitation Hospital (GTUH/NRH) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program is currently a three year educational curriculum (beginning at the PGY2 level) that prepares residents for both clinical and academic practice. It is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The program is also affiliated with the Washington Hospital Center, Children's National Medical Center, the National Institutes of Health Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC).

CORE ROTATIONS: Inpatient rotations provide the core education for the PGY2 resident and are performed at the National Rehabilitation Hospital and at VAMC. Extensive training is provided in the areas of rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, arthritis, amputation and other musculoskeletal and neurologic disorders.

OUTPATIENT ROTATIONS: Outpatient rotations (which predominate the PGY3 and PGY4 Residency Training Program) offer exposure to these same diverse populations as well as to those individuals who require the services of the specialty clinics offered through the Medical Network of the NRH and its affiliated hospitals. Pediatric rehabilitation education is provided by Children's National Medical Center. Also included in the PGY3 and PGY4 years are rotations through Occupational Medicine, Pain Management, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Neuromusculoskeletal Radiology, Rheumatology, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, and Orthotics/Prosthetics.

ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TRAINING: Electrodiagnostic training begins in the PGY2 year and continues throughout the Residency Training Program.

DIDACTIC TRAINING: Didactic instructional sessions are numerous and include the general Resident Lecture Series, Electrodiagnosis Series, Musculoskeletal Case Conference Series, Journal Club, Grand Rounds, Physical Diagnosis Conference, and Morbidity and Mortality Conference. In service educational programs within the various clinical rotations are also provided.

RESEARCH: Residents are required to participate in a research project during their tenure in the Residency Training Program. Faculty members of the National Rehabilitation Hospital as well as the National Institutes of Health precept for the resident research projects as well as provide formal education in research methodology and design.

The resident also has the ability to participate in a six-month research elective at the National Institutes of Health Rehabilitation Medicine Department. This is a unique educational opportunity for the resident who wishes to explore the latest innovations in rehabilitation medicine.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Each candidate admitted to the GTUH/NRH Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program must have completed at least one year of an accredited post graduate educational year in an Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery or Transitional Medicine Program before beginning residency training. Interviews are granted after review of appropriate application materials.

The applicant for residency training position must provide the following documents:

1. Medical Student Performance Evaluation (or Dean's Letter as applicable)

2. Three Letters of Recommendation from physicians practicing in the U.S. and Canada who have personally supervised the applicant in the performance of medical duties. If the candidate has previously been in a postgraduate training program, one letter must be from the candidate’s former/current program director and two letters must be from supervisory attendings with whom the candidate has rotated within the preceding 12 months and/or most recent Post Graduate Year. Additional letters may be requested.
   
3. Official Medical School Transcripts
4. Personal Statement (signed)
5. Curriculum Vitae (or equivalent)
6. ECFMG Certificate (if applicable)
7. Copy of Medical School Diploma (if applicable)
8. USMLE Transcript or NBOME Transcript

As applicable, all documents noted above must be submitted with official certified translations in English.

The applicant must appear for a personal interview (except in extraordinary circumstances).

As the mission of the inpatient services at the NRH at this time is to care for predominantly adult patients, any resident entering the Residency Training Program as a PGY2 must have substantial adult medicine/surgical experience in their PGY1. Residents who question their clinical PGY1 schedule in light of this requirement may inquire of the Program Director as to its suitability.

The GTUH/NRH Residency Training Program participates in the National Resident Matching Program and abides by its rules and regulations. It will accept NRMP match applications only through the ERAS system. These ERAS applications only will be considered through December 15th of each year. Should the Program not fill its class through the NRMP, other applications will be considered either through ERAS or through mail in chronological order, as necessary.

For more information about the GTUH/NRH Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training Program, please contact us via (202) 877-1627, via email: NRHResidency@medstar.net, or at the following address:

Sandeep Simlote , M.D.
Director, GTUH/NRH PM&R Residency Training Program
National Rehabilitation Hospital
102 Irving Street, N.W., Room 2146
Washington, DC 20010