Residency Overview

Some of our residency program’s strengths include:

A commitment to training well rounded physiatrists who excel in all areas of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Our Chairman, Dr. Robert Wilder who leads by example and is personally committed to resident education.
Our Residency Program Director, Dr. Jeffrey Jenkins, a respected physician and educator. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Dr. Jenkins was elected to the University of Virginia’s Academy of Distinguished Educators in 2006 and was named a UVA School of Medicine GME Master Educator in 2020. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee here at UVA and as Chair of the GME Committee for the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM).
The University of Virginia PM&R faculty, who collectively possess decades of experience and an unusual breadth of expertise. Faculty clinical and research interests cover essentially all aspects of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. These include, but are not limited to, Stroke Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Sports Medicine, Athletic Performance, Interventional and Non-interventional Pain Management, Electrodiagnosis, Neuromuscular Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Acupuncture.
The small size of the department (only 4 residents per year), which ensures a high faculty-to-trainee ratio and a tremendous amount of one-on-one teaching, learning, and mentoring.
Extensive experience in Sports Medicine. Our residents and faculty provide medical coverage for local high school football games and several major distance running events throughout the year, including the Charlottesville Marathon. Two of our faculty serve on the UVA Athletic Department staff, affording our residents the opportunity to work with intercollegiate athletes as well.
UVA Health Medical Center is ranked the No. 1 Hospital in Virginia by Newsweek and is No. 18 on the ‘Top 50 Teaching Hospitals for America‘ list.

Inpatient rehabilitation training in a freestanding rehabilitation hospital which is a joint venture between the University of Virginia and the Encompass corporation. This training environment offers a true “real world” experience in rehabilitation medicine and an invaluable systems-based practice education.

Extensive training in Electrodiagnosis. Residents spend six months in the EMG lab. A typical resident performs over four hundred studies during his/her training, easily exceeding ACGME and ABEM requirements. UVA PM&R residents have consistently been among the highest scorers nationally on the AANEM Self-Assessment Examination.

A great place in which to live and work! Charlottesville, Virginia is a college town in a beautiful and historical natural setting that offers recreational and cultural opportunities galore. Ranked by Outside Magazine as one of the top five happiest places to live in the US, it is the home of a physically and intellectually active population and the site of burgeoning art, music, and food scenes.
A group of highly qualified, bright, inquisitive, and well-rounded resident physicians!