Message from the Program Director

Prospective residents,

The strengths of a residency program include a dedicated teaching faculty, challenging curriculum, and a strong didactic lecture program. Our resident trainees encounter a variety of patients in an inpatient and an outpatient setting with neurological disorders, orthopedics, transplant patients, cardiovascular disease, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, pediatric, pain management, and musculoskeletal disorders. Our residents receive hands-on training for interventional pain management, joint injections and electromyography during their training. They are involved in state-of-the-art management of spasticity including the use of intrathecal baclofen pumps, and botulinum toxin injections.

One of the great strengths of our program is the quality of the outpatient experience. Residents are exposed to sports management, interventional pain management, prosthetics and orthotics, and other important areas of training to make them successful at their time of graduation. I am confident our residents are prepared to be leaders in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation after their graduation from our program. The program emphasizes the importance of lecture and didactic time. All didactic lectures are mandatory allowing residents time to focus on this special educational time. The residents also participate in a review course in gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, and orthotics and prosthetics as part of their training program. We strive to make residents commit to a training program that will insure a wealth of knowledge throughout their residency training. The department proudly boasts the advantages of living in Chicago, one of the most exciting and beautiful cities in the world. The social and personal benefits for residents living in Chicago are the many cultural, athletic and thriving social activities the city has to offer.

Sincerely,
Christopher Reger, MD
Residency Program Director