Rotations & Experiences
SUNY Downstate – University Hospital at Downstate (UHD) Inpatient Rehabilitation and Consults
- 2 Residents (1 PGY2 inpatient rehab resident, 1 PGY3 inpatient consult resident)
- 1 Physician Assistant for Inpatient Rehabilitation Service
- 18 Inpatient Rehabilitation Beds
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for: neurologic disorders, strokes, cardiac, pulmonary, amputations, arthritis, fractures, post-arthroplasty, brain injury, spinal cord injury, pediatric disorders, severe deconditioning, general debility, amputees, prosthetics, orthotics, chronic pain, and cancer
- Inpatient Consultation Services for: Surgery, Orthopedics, Medicine, Neurology, Transplant, Pediatrics, ICU, CCU, CTICU, NICU, OBGYN
- Botox Toxin Injection Clinic
- Muscular Dystrophy Clinic
- Neuroradiology Training
SUNY Downstate – University Orthopedics Bone and Joint Center – Outpatient Clinic
- 5 Residents (PGY3 and PGY4 outpatient clinic residents)
- Interventional Pain Medicine Clinic
- Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional Spine Procedures Including: epidural steroid injections, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablations, SIJ injections, spinal cord stimulators, and facet joint injections
- General PM&R Clinic: Musculoskeletal, Neuro, TBI, Stroke, Spinal Cord, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Acute Rehabilitation Follow Ups
- Sports Medicine Clinic: Musculoskeletal, Nonoperative Orthopedics, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Ultrasound Guided Injections, Regenerative Medicine
- Pediatric Sports Medicine Clinic
- Botulinum Toxin Injection Clinic
- Electrodiagnosis: EMG/NCS Clinic
- Musculoskeletal Radiology Training
SUNY Downstate – Electromyography, Prothetics, and Orthotics
- 1 Resident (1 PGY4 outpatient clinic resident)
- 4 weeks of prosthetics/orthotics training
- Work alongside prosthetists and orthotists to diagnose, evaluate, treat patients requiring prosthetics and orthotics
- Work with the specialists to cast, build, deliver, modify, and train patients once they receive their prosthetic or orthotic
- Learn how to prescribe prosthetics and orthotics and how to analyze and diagnose the problems that may interfere with their proper use
- Perform electrodiagnosis and lead the team in the EMG/NCS Clinic
Kings County Hospital – Inpatient Rehabilitation
- 2 Residents (2 PGY2 inpatient rehab residents)
- 25 Inpatient Rehabilitation Beds
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for: neurologic disorders, strokes, amputations, arthritis, fractures, post-arthroplasty, brain injury, spinal cord injury, pediatric disorders, severe deconditioning and general debility, amputees, prosthetics, orthotics, chronic pain, and cancer
Kings County Hospital – Outpatient Clinic
- 3 Residents (PGY3 and PGY4 outpatient clinic residents)
- General PM&R Clinic: Musculoskeletal, Neuro, TBI, Stroke, Spinal Cord, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Acute Rehabilitation Follow Ups
- Sports Medicine Clinic: Musculoskeletal, Nonoperative Orthopedics, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Ultrasound Guided Injections, Regenerative Medicine
- Pediatric Sports Medicine Clinic
- Electrodiagnosis: EMG/NCS Clinic
- Wheelchair Clinic
St John’s Episcopal Hospital – Outpatient Clinic and Consults
- 4 Residents (PGY2, PGY3, and PGY4 outpatient clinic residents)
- Inpatient Consultation Services for: Surgery, Orthopedics, Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, ICU, OBGYN
- Outpatient General PM&R Clinic, peripheral joint injections
- Outpatient PM&R Clinic: Musculoskeletal, Neuro, Peripheral Joint Injections, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Pediatrics
- Electrodiagnosis: EMG/NCS Clinic
- Electives permitted while rotating at SJEH
Staten Island University Hospital – Inpatient Rehabilitation
- 2 Residents (1 PGY2 and 1 PGY3 inpatient residents)
- 1 Physician Assistant and 1 Nurse Practitioner for Inpatient Rehabilitation Service
- 16 Inpatient Rehabilitation Beds
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for: neurologic disorders, burns, cardiac, pulmonary, strokes, amputations, arthritis, fractures, post-arthroplasty, brain injury, spinal cord injury, pediatric disorders, severe deconditioning, general debility, amputees, prosthetics, orthotics, chronic pain, and cancer
James J. Peter’s Bronx VA – Inpatient Rehabilitation and Outpatient Clinic
- 1 Downstate PM&R Resident (1 PGY3 inpatient/outpatient resident) plus additional PM&R residents from other programs
- Residents get to rotate alongside PM&R residents from other programs in the NYC area
- 24 Inpatient Rehabilitation Beds
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for: neuromuscular disorders, burns, cardiac, pulmonary, strokes, amputations, arthritis, fractures, brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputees, prosthetics, orthotics, chronic pain, and cancer
- Outpatient Rehabilitation Services for: annual physicals, wound care, ALS, multiple sclerosis, SCI, TBI, stroke, musculoskeletal
- Electrodiagnosis: EMG/NCS
- Ultrasound Guided Botox Toxin Injections for Spasticity Management
- Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Refills
St. Alban’s VA – Queens – Outpatient Rehabilitation
- 1 Resident (PGY2 inpatient/outpatient resident)
- Residents get to rotate alongside PM&R residents from other programs in the NYC area
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for: neuromuscular disorders, burns, cardiac, pulmonary, strokes, amputations, arthritis, fractures, brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputees, prosthetics, orthotics, chronic pain, and cancer
- Outpatient Rehabilitation Services for: annual physicals, wound care, musculoskeletal, exercise and weight management, nutrition counseling
- Electrodiagnosis: EMG/NCS
Common and Frequently Performed Procedures During Training
- Electromyography
- Nerve Conduction Studies
- Botulinum toxin for spasticity and migraines
- Ultrasound guided diagnosis and injections
- Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional Spine Procedures Including: epidural steroid injections, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablations, SIJ injections, spinal cord stimulators, and facet joint injections
- Peripheral joint injections
- Bursa injections
Sports Medicine Fellowship
The SUNY Downstate Sports Medicine Fellowship is part of the Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine.
The fellowship is designed to provide prospective candidates a one-year immersion into sports medicine and non-operative musculoskeletal care in the setting of the diverse borough of Brooklyn. The program begins in July and ends in July of the following year. The unique program is multidisciplinary and offers sports medicine training with physicians in PM&R, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Orthopedics.
Downstate PM&R residents often train side by side with the sports fellows, and work closely with the sports medicine attendings. There are numerous opportunities to overlap in training, patient care, and education.
Additional information on the SUNY Downstate Sports Medicine Fellowship Can be found here:
SUNY Downstate Sports Medicine Fellowship
Medical Acupuncture
Dr Tsai C. Chao, a member of the Downstate PM&R Faculty, and our former division chair, is the director of the only physician acupuncture certification program in New York State
A significant discount is available for SUNY Downstate Residents and Faculty for all 300 hours of classroom and clinical training
The Medical Acupuncture program is designed to meet the acupuncture curricula of the New York State Education Department. The sequence of educational activities represents 300 hours of formal instruction in practice acupuncture. The courses are divided into three sections that involve lectures on the basic aspect of acupuncture which includes video course viewing, and supervised clinical training.
Additional Information can be found here: