PM&R Physician Residency

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Program information

The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residency program at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, is a three-year, comprehensive and structured training and educational program. Nine residents (three accepted to the program each year) work one-on-one with attending faculty members on the medical staff at Baylor Scott & White. These includes board certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physicians as well as physicians and health care professionals in related specialties.

Program length: Three years

Application deadline: November 15th

Residents accepted: Three post-graduate year two (PGY2) positions per year

Location: Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas & Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation – Dallas

Caseload: With a student-faculty ratio of 3:7, our residents work one-on-one with board-certified physicians and follow up to 15 patients with progressive autonomy through the program.

Salary: Competitive annual stipends are awarded residents ranging from $56,000 - $60,000.

Benefits: We offer our residents a full menu of employee benefits. We help offset the cost of many of these benefits; others are options you can choose to pay for yourself. Special benefits available to residents include:

  • Monthly meal allowance
  • Reimbursement for institutional permit fee
  • Free parking
  • Professional liability coverage while in program-related training
  • Medical society dues (institutional)
  • Three days of continuing medical education
  • Continuing medical education reimbursement
  • Funding assistance for research presentations at state and national conferences

Application requirements

  • Online ERAS application
  • Medical school transcripts
  • Photograph
  • Letter from medical school dean
  • Three letters of recommendation (one from a physiatrist and one from the applicant's program director are desirable)
  • Cover letter / Resume
  • USMLE and/or COMLEX scores (Step 1 results are mandatory, Step 2 results are desirable)

More physician residencies

For more information about physician residencies in specialties other than physical medicine and rehabilitation, visit the Baylor Scott & White Health website. There you will find a comprehensive list of residencies offered by Baylor Scott & White Health.

Program director

Taylor Anne Shafer

Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Dallas

909 N. Washington Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

214-820-2234 Office

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