Combined Pediatrics-PM&R Residency

The mission of the Combined Pediatrics and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is to produce the future leaders of pediatric rehabilitation medicine by providing diverse educational opportunities across the clinical continuum of care for both common and complex rehabilitation diagnoses, as well as provide comprehensive training in research, leadership, medical education, advocacy and quality improvement.

This residency program strives to:

1. Recruit compassionate, hard-working residents with a growth mindset who seek to acquire foundational knowledge, provide high-quality care and produce scholarship in the field of pediatric rehabilitation medicine.
2. Support development of a resident's specific areas of interest by providing access to both the large breadth of pediatric and physiatric diagnoses and procedures; and depth of knowledge under the guidance of pediatric, physiatric and pediatric physiatric subspecialty experts.
3. Produce physicians competent optimizing functional and medical outcomes of complex medical children through advanced subspecialty training with a strong foundation of pediatric medicine.
4. Educate residents to critically review evidence, while utilizing shared decision-making for family-centered care.
5. Provide a collaborate multidisciplinary environment to educate to anticipate, prevent and manage comorbidities and complications for children with disabilities.

Residents will participate in a longitudinal continuity clinic experience through training. During the first few years, this will be at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Towards their senior years residents transition to a pediatric rehabilitation medicine-specific weekly continuity clinic at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

As a Combined Pediatrics-Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency, this program offers trainees opportunities to obtain certificates in specialized areas offered in Pediatrics, including advocacy and population health and bioethics.

Pediatrics Certificate Programs

PGY-1: 100% Pediatrics

PGY-2: 50% Pediatrics | 50% PM&R

PGY-3: 50% Pediatrics | 50% PM&R

PGY-4: 25% Pediatrics | 75% PM&R

PGY-5: 25% Pediatrics | 75% PM&R

We accept applications of candidates from allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. We utilize the ERAS system to process applications. We have four categorical positions for combined internship and PM&R residency who would start with us during their PGY-1 year. We have eight advanced positions in the PM&R residency who would start with us during their PGY-2 year.

We start accepting applications in early September via ERAS and will start interviewing in late October. Interview invites will be sent out to schedule on ThalamusGME.com. All interviews continue to be held virtually due to the covid-19 pandemic. Virtual interviews will be held during the months of October, November, December and January. The combined program interview will be conducted over two days. Your pediatric interview day will start either at morning report or our weekly department wide case conference, followed by a welcome and introduction from our program director, followed by a program overview.

Additionally, the day will include a virtual tour, opportunity to spend time and ask questions of residents, and time with other program leaders. Your PM&R interview day will consist of a half day of virtual interviews for each applicant to get to know our program and we will also host a social hour each week during interview season for our applicants to meet more of our residents. We participate in the National Residency Matching Program and strictly adhere to the rules of the Match.

Given the nature of the virtual recruitment, we ask all applicants to include a paragraph in their personal statement about why Chicago and the combined Pediatrics-PM&R residency program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is a good fit for you. We are also participating in the Supplemental Application for ERAS. PM&R allots a maximum of four preference signals and you are instructed to signal your home institution or your clinical rotations if interested.