Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program

Good Samaritan Hospital offers our residents a competitive salary and benefits package. Some residency programs offer additional perks to help you as you learn.

July 1, 2022- June 30, 2023

Base Salaries;

• PGY 1: $71,000
• PGY 2: $74,100
• PGY 3: $76,600
• PGY 4: $79,600
• PGY 5: $82,00
• PGY 6: $83,350

Benefits 

• Health and dental insurance

• Life and disability insurance

• Medical malpractice insurance

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

• $900 CME conference stipend annually; increases to $1,900 CME conference stipend in final year of primary residency training

• $2,400 meal stipend*

• $3,000 housing stipend*

• $1,000 travel stipend*

• Free parking

• Lab coats

*Included in salary

In addition, PM&R Residency Program residents also receive:

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) membership

• Three days each year to attend a National Conference of your choosing

• 20 vacation days

Upon completion of your residency, you will have 36 months of comprehensive training in:

• Outpatient—Approximately 15 months
• Inpatient—12 months
• Consults—5 months
• Pediatrics—2 months
• Electives—2 months

Inpatient Rotations

• General Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation, 9 months
• Traumatic Brain Injury at Burke Rehabilitation, 1 month
• Spinal Cord Injury at Burke Rehabilitation,1 month

Outpatient Rotations

• OMT/General PM&R/Prosthetics and Orthotics, MDA Clinic, 6-7 months
• Pain Management/Interventional Spine/General PM&R Clinic, 6-7 months
• MSK/Sports Medicine, 1-2 months
• Adult Neurology/Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1-2 months

Additional Rotations

• Consults, 5 months
• Pediatric Rehabilitation, 2 months
• Electives, 2 months

Affiliated Sites

Inpatient and teaching facilities:

• Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY
• New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Center for Sports Medicine
• St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, Bayside Queens, NY

Outpatient practices and facilities:

• Center for Pediatric Specialty Care at Good Samaritan
• Massapequa Pain Management & Rehabilitation, Massapequa, NY
• Muscular Dystrophy Care Center at St. Charles Hospital
• Neurology Office of Dr. Poonam Dulai, MD, Rockville Centre, NY
• Orthopedic Surgery with Dr. Salvatore Corso, MD, Westbury, NY
• Pain & Rehabilitation Medical Specialists, Freeport and Hicksville, NY
• Pain Institute of Long Island, Rockville Centre, NY
• Pain Management Center of Long Island, Rockville Centre, NY
• Pediatric Neurosurgery with Dr. John Grant, MD, Rockville Centre, NY
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Long Island, Bridgewaters, NY
• Physical Medicine with Dr. Rebecca Fishman, DO, Rockville Centre and Syosset, NY

The PM&R Residency Program places a large emphasis on academics, which includes weekly protected time (Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.), monthly activities, and various conferences and workshops.  

• Cadaver workshops
• Didactic lectures
• Electrodiagnostic lectures
• Grand rounds
• Guest lectures
• Journal club
• Lectures on physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy
• Monthly lectures in pediatric, orthopedic, medical and neurosurgical grand
• Online lecture series
• Procedural workshops
• Radiology rounds
• Regional and national conferences throughout each year
• Various noontime lectures
• Workshops on comprehensive EMG, musculoskeletal ultrasound, functional biomechanics and osteopathic manipulative medicine

Board review is also built into your didactic schedule to ensure you cover all chapters of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review by Dr. Sara J. Cuccurullo.

Residents receive training on research and are responsible for completing research projects throughout their residency

Fourth-year and select third-year medical students are eligible for one-month elective rotations in PM&R. These rotations expose medical students to general inpatient, consult and outpatient clinics. Students have the opportunity to work closely with both residents and attending physicians. For more information or to schedule a rotation, contact the Residency Program Coordinator at 516-705-3954 or Wendy.Parwana@chsli.org