Jeffrey Jenkins, M.D.
Dr. Jenkins is the director of the PM&R department’s electrodiagnostic laboratory and serves as the Program Director of the UVA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program. He attended Columbia University as a National Merit Scholar and the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He arrived at UVA in 1998 to pursue residency training and joined the departmental faculty in 2002.
Dr. Jenkins is active in graduate medical education at UVA and on a national level. He is the Vice Chair of the UVA Graduate Medical Education Committee. He served on the ACGME PM&R Milestones 2.0 taskforce, and represented the Association of Academic Physiatrists at the Council of Medical Specialty Societies’ Organization of Program Directors Associations. He also served as Chair of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Graduate Medical Education Committee. He was named to the AANEM Board of Directors in 2025.
Dr. Jenkins practices electrodiagnostic medicine, employing specialized nerve testing to diagnose and evaluate neuropathy, nerve entrapment syndromes, and nerve injuries. He has been recognized for clinical excellence with a place on the list of Best Doctors in America in 2015, and he has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2014.
Training & Certification
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: University of Virginia
Certifications:
- Licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine
- Board-certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Board-certified by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Clinical Practice
Conditions Treated:
- Neuropathy
- Nerve Injuries
- Brachial Plexus Injuries
- Focal Dystonia
- Spasticity
Research Interest:
- Electrodiagnosis
- Flexibility Training
- Therapeutic Exercise
Languages Spoken:
- English
Awards
Awards:
- Academy of Distinguished Educators
- UVa School of Medicine
- Best Doctors in America, 2015-Present
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 2014–Present
- GME Master Educator
- University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2020
Publications:
- 2024 – Dragojlovic N, Romanoski N, Bolger A, Friedlander T, Helkowski W, Huss SA, Jenkins JG, Knowlton T, Nguyen DH, Rand SE, Raum G, Sullivan W, Tonkin BK, Escalon MX. Association of Academic Physiatrists Residency and Fellowship Program Directors’ Resident Recruitment Subcouncil Position Paper on Residency Recruitment. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2024; 103 (6): 561-565. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002447.
- 2021 – Improving the Assessment of Resident Competency: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Milestones 2.0
- NCBI