UTHealth Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program
One of the most important things to think about when you're picking a
residency program is the type of training you're gonna get and how you're gonna be
able to use it in the future. The opportunity for education, for
research, for clinical collaboration is bountiful. There is a great faculty that
they're really approachable. TIRR in our program is the main institution for
learning and it's the primary educational institution for the ACGME so
that means that they will get a lot of exposure to TIRR; they'll be here around
seven to eight months and we're very proud of that. TIRR has become the
#2 rehabilitation hospital in the United States. TIRR is a great opportunity or great inpatient experience for a person who wants to be a rehab doctor.
Being a resident at TIRR Memorial Hermann is great but it's tough and it's gonna make
an astute clinician out of you. Our residents and fellows have the
opportunity to learn not just the rehabilitation part of the recovery
process but they also learn different systems of
care which make them very versatile clinicians when they go out and practice
after their training. We have international patients from all over the
world, we have elite athletes, we have patients who have been involved in
heartbreaking traumas from all walks of life and so you really see a huge spread
of people that have a really diverse set of needs. We do have a lot of hospitals
that they go through all world class here in the Texas Medical Center and
they will get exposed to a lot of pathologies, a lot of clinical
experiences that will help them achieve their goals. Once they come through our
program they will be prepared to do whatever they want after
graduation: either practice in a big city, a small city, you know, doing inpatient or
outpatient. One of the missions of our department is to promote research. I've
had the opportunity to go to multiple national conferences: AAPM&R, AAP... I've had great
opportunities to participate in research as a resident and present my posters
there. If you're interested in getting involved in national organizations or
getting involved in research at the local or national level, all those
opportunities are here. The University of Texas officially partnered
with the Memorial Hermann system including TIRR Memorial Hermann, which is
among the top rehabilitation hospitals in the country. We also partner with
Shriners Hospital. We have also affiliated with MD Anderson. We are also
partnering with a few private practitioners so that our trainees will
have exposure not only to academic medicine but the private practice as
well. Our other partners include the Harris Health System; our residents go
to the Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital, We have a unique rotation in
our department called interventional physiatry where the residents learn
about the management of spasticity and pain. That rotation is based at TIRR
Memorial Hermann and at Kelsey Sebold. When it comes time to find a job or look
for a fellowship our alumni are all over the country running departments, training
fellows, and I wanted to have access to that and to be a part of that Alumni
group. Houston is a big city with a small-town feel. The people here are
awesome, very friendly, very helpful. I was half-expecting Texas and Cowboys and
come to find it's this major metropolitan city with tons of young
professionals and young families. Whatever you want, you can find it here
in Houston. Our residents will
get enough exposure and enough experience to be able to do whatever
they want in their careers and that experience will guide them through you
know the future and our hope is that they'll become the future leaders of our
field. I've been with the University of Texas or UTHealth for almost 20 years
now. I've been very happy over the last 20 years and I really can see myself
staying here until I retire. I think if you're looking for a well-rounded
residency program with academic strength and great research opportunities there's
no other place to look.
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