On August 6, 2021, UNC’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Greensboro AHEC hosted the Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Disability: A Training Workshop for Health Professionals. This year’s virtual workshop highlighted ways healthcare professionals can improve clinical and life outcomes for persons with disabilities by incorporating unique psychosocial and cultural factors into … 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 23th for a UNC Virtual Spina Bifida Family Conference! Join us for this virtual day of education, networking, and fun! Presentations for parents and families of children with spina bifida. … Read more

Welcome Class of 2025! Congratulations!    Taylor Baker DO: Touro University, Nevada Hagar Elgendy MD: University of Cincinnati Sierra McLean MD: University of Utah Raveen Sugantharaj DO: Marion University, IN  

Under the leadership of PM&R department chair Joshua Alexander, MD, and assistant professor JM Baratta, MD, UNC PM&R has led the way for the creation of the UNC COVID-19 Recovery Clinic, a new and collaborative approach to serve the growing number of patients facing multiple health issues following their COVID-19 Infection. The clinic is co-directed … Read more

On Saturday, October 31st, 2020, UNC’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the UNC Center for Rehabilitation Care hosted the 2nd Annual 2020 UNC Concussion Symposium: Focusing on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). This year’s virtual symposium, hosted in collaboration with Greensboro AHEC,  highlighted current innovations, testing, treatment, and management of mTBI and concussion. … Read more

William Filer, MD has been promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations to William Filer, MD on his promotion to Associate Professor in UNC’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation! His promotion became effective November 1, 2020. Please join us in congratulating him.

UNC Pediatric Spina Bifida Patients and Families – Please join UNC Departments of Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Urology, Orthopedics, and Rehabilitation Therapies on October 24th for a UNC Virtual Spina Bifida Family Conference! Join us for this virtual day of education, networking, and fun! • Presentations on several spina bifida topics for parents • … Read more

October 31, 2020   We are hosting a concussion symposium to highlight current innovations, testing, treatment, and management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and concussion. This symposium is designed to enhance understanding of the professional roles and multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of concussions or mTBI. CEU credits will be offered. … Read more

Join us for North Carolina’s Introduction to PM&R, a virtual lectures series for medical students. This free lectures series is a collaboration between UNC PM&R, ECU PM&R, and Carolinas Rehabilitation. The series will be held on Mondays* from 7pm to 8pm(EST) and includes time for Q&A. See schedule below. The meeting link is: bit.ly/IntroNCPMR2020 If … Read more

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