The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residency Program at Providence St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Medical Center is home to a large multi-disciplinary team of rehabilitation professionals in the Pacific Northwest. With expert clinicians, award-winning teachers and research scientists, we are internationally recognized authorities in physical medicine and rehabilitation sub-specialties. Residents participate in a twice-monthly journal club, and residents receive didactic training for 3-4 hours each week in addition to teaching on rounds.
Our Program: The year is divided into six rotations of two calendar-months duration.
Program Length: 3 years
Application Deadline: December 1
Residents Accepted: Six post-graduate two (PGY2) positions per year
Locations:
Salary: Competitive annual stipends are awarded ranging from $66,647 - $72,792
Caseload: With a trainee-faculty ratio of 1:1 our residents work with board-certified physiatrists and neurologists and follow up to 14 patients with progressive autonomy through the program.
Benefits: We offer residents employee benefits that include professional liability coverage while in program-related training, free parking, monthly meal allowance, payment of Institutional License dues, continuing medical education reimbursement and leave (training-year dependent) and funding assistance for research presentations at state and national conferences.
Application Requirements:
Dr. Greg Carter
The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) training program at Providence St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Medical Center is new; however, the associated faculty have a long history of medical student and resident training.
14 board-certified physicians comprise the clinical faculty at St. Luke’s. In addition to their collective clinical reputations, several have been recognized for their teaching abilities at the program and national levels. The teaching faculty have published more than 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts and have been awarded more than $25M in research funding. In short, this is a highly experienced group that combined to form a new residency program to serve the Pacific Northwest. In addition, several research scientists are integral to the program.
We partner with a diverse set of large regional hospitals. The primary training site is at Providence St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Medical Center. St. Luke’s, the largest free-standing Level I trauma rehabilitation hospital in the region, has served the Pacific Northwest for decades. It has 102 inpatient beds serving a diverse cross-section of diagnoses for acute, inpatient rehabilitation for adults and pediatrics each year. The inpatient facility includes several dedicated therapy gyms.
St. Luke’s also houses a state-of-the-art physiatry outpatient, inter-professional clinic at the main campus. Patients within our outpatient clinics are treated for a spectrum of diagnoses typically treated by physiatrists. Additionally, we perform several hundred electrodiagnostic examinations each year (four faculty are EMG subspecialty-Boarded). We are also partnering with local providers (also with a long history in Resident education) for training in pain management and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. We are clinical and research partners with the Steve Gleason Institute for Neurosciences, a collaboration with Washington State University for people with ALS.
St. Luke’s partners with a diverse set of established rotation sites. Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, a 600+ bed Level II trauma center and the largest free-standing hospital between Seattle and Minneapolis, provides the setting for rehabilitation consults. Pediatric rehabilitation training is provided at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.
We believe that our training program will help develop excellent Physiatrists that will be ready for careers in academic medicine, private practice, or additional fellowship training. Spokane is well-known for its physical beauty and variety of recreational activities, and our smaller city size and community-focused training leads to a more collegial environment. Our smaller faculty size – and newness of the program – allows us to have a more responsive feedback model and to grow and change as needed to enhance resident education and meet the needs of our community.
Greg Carter, MD
Program Director
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program
Clinical Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Elson S. Floyd Washington State University College of Medicine
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For additional information and bios for our faculty, please visit our team page.
