Education
Our Experiences
- Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center (SMOC): a state‐of‐the art clinic led by world‐renowned sports medicine and interventional pain specialists
- Rehabilitation Center at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC): a 76‐bed center run by leading subspecialty boarded physicians in the fields of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS): one of only five polytrauma facilities in the country designed to provide rehabilitative care to Veterans and Servicemembers; spinal cord injury spoke site for Northern California
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Oakland
Curriculum
The year is divided into seven rotations of 7-8 weeks each:
PGY-2
- PM&R Clinics at Palo Alto VA (focus on MSK)
- Polytrauma inpatient at Palo Alto VA
- Spinal cord injury at Palo Alto VA
- PM&R Clinics at Valley Medical Center (focus on TBI and SCI)
- Spinal cord injury at Valley Medical Center
- Traumatic brain injury at Valley Medical Center
PGY-3
- Sports Medicine at Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center
- Spine Medicine at Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center
- PM&R Clinics at Palo Alto VA (2-week elective time)
- Spinal cord injury at Valley Medical Center
- Inpatient consults at Valley Medical Center
- PM&R Clinics at Valley Medical Center (focus on TBI and SCI care)
- Pediatrics at Kaiser Oakland/Santa Clara, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, and Subacute Saratoga Hospital
PGY-4
- Inpatient consults at Stanford Hospital
- Spine Medicine at Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center
- Consults at Palo Alto VA (2-week elective time and research time)
- Spinal cord injury at Palo Alto VA
- Polytrauma at Palo Alto VA (with outpatient clinic experiences)
- Inpatient rehabilitation at St. Mary's Hospital
- EMG at Valley Medical Center
Resident Call
PGY2-3: about one weekend of in-home call per month
PGY4: about one weekend of in-home call every other month
Perks of Being a Stanford PM&R Resident
Educational/Administrative
Conference fund
Book fund
Reimbursement of USMLE Step 3 and California Medical License (certain restrictions apply)
Lane Medical Library with online access to PM&R portal dedicated to medical journals (in PM&R, pain, spinal cord injury, electrodiagnostic medicine, spine, sports medicine), and books
Resident computer shared drive: contains pertinent articles for each rotation, survival guides, note templates
Resident Life
Moving allowance of $3,000
Discounts on tickets for Stanford sports teams
Free public transportation passes for CalTrain and VTA (to San Francisco and the South Bay Area)
Living in the Bay Area
Culture and the arts
Professional sports (49ers, Raiders, Giants, Athletics, Warriors, Sharks, Earthquakes)
Within driving distance to San Francisco, Marin, Lake Tahoe, Santa Cruz
Free outdoor concerts
Fitness opportunities (fun runs, marathons)
Diverse and affordable restaurants
And much more!
A message from the Program Director to prospective residents
David J. Kennedy, MD
At Stanford, the goal of the PM&R residency is to provide you with the environment and resources to help fulfill your highest professional potential as a physiatrist. The Internet and this website now provides instant and updated information about the residency program. Here you will find plenty of information about our world-class teaching faculty and their specialized expertise in a variety of clinical and research areas. Also, please look around the website to see our facilities and curriculum. I encourage you to apply to our program!