Congratulations to the UNC PM&R 2019-2020 Resident and Faculty Award Recipients! At the end of each academic year, our department’s residents and faculty vote on various educational awards.  This year’s recipients were honored virtually due to COVID-19 but nonetheless are greatly appreciated by our department. Congratulations on these well-deserved awards! We are proud of you! … Read more

Congratulations to Drs. Lee Shuping, Michael Boyd, and Akash Patel on being accepted as new members to UNC’s Academy of Educators! They are among 96 other new faculty and resident members who will be inducted into the Academy this year. UNC’s Academy of Educators (“AOE”) was founded on enhancing research and scholarship toward excellence in teaching. They select … Read more

UNC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 Research Day You are cordially invited to the UNC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 Research Day! Please join us as our Class of 2020 graduating PM&R resident physicians and PIM fellows showcase their final research presentations. Additionally, the Class of 2021 PM&R resident physicians and … Read more

Congratulations to all three of our PGY-4 Resident Physicians on their recent fellowship matches! These residents will graduate from the UNC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency training program on June 23, 2020. They will begin their respective fellowship programs later in the summer of 2020. We are incredibly proud of these gentlemen and their accomplishments; … Read more

UNC Pediatric Spina Bifida Patients and Families – Please join UNC Departments of Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Urology, Orthopedics, and Rehabilitation Therapies on October 5th at the St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill for a Family Conference and Reunion! This is a free event focused on education, networking, and fun! Advance registration … Read more

On Friday, June 7th, UNC PM&R’s 2018-2019 education award recipients were announced. Introductory remarks were made by our Department Chair, Dr. Joshua Alexander, who highlighted some of the exciting opportunities ahead for the Residency Program and reviewed important educational highlights from the previous academic year. Next, the Residency Program Director, Dr. William Filer, presented the … Read more

Yesterday the NC Translational and Clinical Sciences (“TraCS”) Institute announced awardees for 2 programs. Congratulations to our PM&R faculty members within the Program of Integrative Medicine for their awards from NC TraCS! Kim Faurot, PhD, MPH, PA is the principal investigator for a $2K Pilot Grant Program and Isabel Roth, DrPH, MS is the principal … Read more

On Saturday, September 8th, UNC’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and UNC’s Center for Rehabilitation Care hosted the 2018 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Non-Sports Related Concussion Symposium at the William and Ida Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The symposium focused on Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Non-Sports Related Concussions and highlighted current … Read more

Our department’s 16th annual Research Day was held on Friday, June 29th in UNC’s Old Clinic Auditorium. The department’s graduating PM&R Resident and graduating PIM T-32 Fellows presented their formal research to the department. Presentation titles are listed below: Diana Marchese, MD: “Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation: Improving the Day of Admission Process” Kristin Jerger, MD, LMBT: … Read more

Congratulations to Lee Shuping, MD, MPT who was recently mentioned in the latest Carolina Care Highlight! UNC Healthcare and the UNC School of Medicine’s Newsroom posted that Dr. Shuping had received excellent remarks from a recent patient in a Press Ganey survey. Dr. Shuping’s intelligence, patient care skills, and problem solving abilities were all mentioned … Read more