Descriptions
PGY-2
Shepherd SCI 1: Inpatient spinal cord rotation at the Shepherd Center
Shepherd ABI: Inpatient brain injury rotation at the Shepherd Center
ERH General Rehab 1+2: Inpatient general rehab including multi-trauma, spinal cord injury, medically debilitated (amputees, transplant, cancer, etc.)
Wesley Woods: Skilled nursing facility PM&R consult service
- Includes Prosthetics & Orthotics clinic, Cardiac Rehab clinic, Sports clinic, Spine clinic on certain half-days
ERH Stroke: Inpatient brain injury and stroke rotation at Emory Rehab Hospital
PGY-3
Grady Consults: Consult service at Grady Hospital (level I trauma center for all of metro Atlanta) focusing on the acute rehab needs of TBI, SCI, multi-trauma, and stroke.
Grady EMG: Outpatient EMG rotation at Grady Hospital
VA1: Outpatient MSK, EMG, and amputation clinics
ERH Senior Rotation: Inpatient: Senior inpatient rotation at Emory Rehab Hospital focusing more on billing and administrative roles of inpatient rehab physicians
Pediatrics: One month of Inpatient and one month of outpatient at Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (Scottish Rite campus).
Shepherd SCI 2: Inpatient: Advanced inpatient spinal cord rotation at the Shepherd Center.
PGY-4
Sports medicine: Outpatient: Work with Dr. Ken Mautner at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex, home to the Atlanta Hawks. Exposure to orthobiologic procedures, high level ultrasound guided diagnostics and procedures (including MicroKnife SX, Tenex, bone marrow aspiration, Lipogems). Opportunity to evaluate both acute and chronic sports medicine injuries from professional athletes to older, active patients.
VA2: Outpatient: Continued exposure with greater independence for EMGs, musculoskeletal medicine, spine evaluations, spinal, and appendicular injections with and without ultrasound guidance.
Spine/EMG: Outpatient: Spine evaluations and interventional procedures. Both clinics with EMGs and procedure days.
VA Med Rehab: Outpatient: Mixture of interventional spine procedures, radiology review with neuroradiology, EMGs, and rheumatology clinic.
Elective: Very flexible and can include research and/or any clinical activity within any department at Emory.
Spine/Pain: Outpatient: Continued exposure to high-level interventional pain evaluations and procedures.
Sample Rotation Schedule
Rotation | July/Aug | Sept/Oct | Nov/Dec | Jan/Feb | March/April | May/June |
PGY-2 | Shepherd SCI 1 |
Shepherd ABI | ERH: General Rehab 1 |
Wesley Woods | ERH: Stroke | ERH: General Rehab 2 |
PGY-3 | Grady Consults |
Grady EMG | VA 1 | ERH senior rotation |
Pediatrics | Shepherd SCI |
PGY-4 | Sports | VA 2 | Spine/EMG | VA med rehab | Elective | Spine/Pain |