Good afternoon. First, hopefully all of the current MS4's are having a nice match day.
I wanted to let everyone know that incredibly positive impact that this forum has had for me over the years. It's for that reason that I'm making this announcement here, first.
We are currently in the ACGME approval process for a categorical PM&R program that would start in 2024. The ACGME says that a decision will likely be made by July 2023. But since I know that many current MS3's are currently reviewing their options for the year to come, I wanted to give a preview of hopefully will be to come.
We will be starting the program with two residents. There is significant room for expansion over time, but we will start with two residents. Dr. James Atchison, who was the chair at Shirley Ryan, prior AAPM President, amongst too many accolades to count, would be the inaugural Program Director.
The outpatient rotations and inpatient consult rotation will be conducted at Mayo Florida. For those unfamiliar, Mayo Florida is located about 10 minutes from the beach in Jacksonville, FL. Mayo Florida is the US News & World report best hospital in the state of Florida. We will be partnering will Brooks Rehabilitation for inpatient rehabilitation rotations, which is among the best inpatient rehabilitation units in the region, and the second largest in the country. They have a significant rehabilitation research wing (that you may have seen at AAPMR conferences), and exceptional adaptive sports. Much like Mayo Rochester, our residents will be exposed to a top notched EMG course through Neurology, and there will be a heavy emphasis on MSK anatomy, MSK examination, and ultrasound. We will provide the unbelievably generous research/trip policy that is provided by Mayo Rochester. At this time Mayo Florida has two excellent relevant fellowships, Pain and Sports Medicine. However, our residents will also have the opportunities to do elective rotations at Mayo Rochester and Mayo Arizona, which greatly increases fellowship exposure.
We have been working hard for about 5 year to get everything lined up to have an exceptional residency program, and both the Mayo and Brooks staffs are fully committed to seeing that our residents have an excellent experience.
As a new program, we want to be as transparent as humanly possible. Please ask questions. I'd also be happy to help differentiate Mayo Florida and Mayo Rochester, and should be in a pretty good position to do so considering that I trained at one and work at the other.
Cheers