Physical Medicine + Rehabilitation residency rotations + clinical training at Tufts Medical Center
A primary focus of our Physical Medicine + Rehabilitation Residency program is one-on-one training with expert faculty across diverse clinical settings, each providing unique educational opportunities. Our experienced physiatrists serve as dedicated mentors, guiding residents through hands-on learning in both inpatient and outpatient care, including procedural training at several private practice locations.
Our residents rotate through multiple premier sites, building expertise across the full spectrum of rehabilitation medicine. A sample rotation schedule includes:
- Tufts Medical Center: Adult and pediatric rehabilitation, outpatient clinics, inpatient consultations, and electrodiagnosis in the Department of Neurology
- Boston VA Healthcare System: Musculoskeletal and sports medicine, spinal cord injury
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of New England: Stroke, brain injury, general medical rehabilitation, and spasticity management
- Boston Children’s Hospital: Pediatric physiatry
Throughout these rotations, residents gain hands-on training in a wide range of core subspecialties, including:
- Adult and pediatric sports medicine
- Amputee medicine
- Electrodiagnostics (EMG/NCS)
- General acute inpatient rehabilitation
- Interventional pain management
- Musculoskeletal medicine and ultrasound-guided procedures
- Neurology and orthopedics
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Pediatric rehabilitation
- Spasticity management
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Traumatic brain injury
This comprehensive rotation structure ensures residents develop the clinical skills, procedural expertise and multidisciplinary experience necessary to excel in all areas of Physical Medicine + Rehabilitation. Personalized mentorship throughout the program supports each resident’s growth into a confident and compassionate physiatrist.
