Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency

Welcome

We are pleased to welcome you to the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute and the Department of PM&R at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Established in 1958, the CWRU/MetroHealth residency program is one of the oldest PM&R training programs in the nation, with current accreditation by the Accreditation Committee on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) through 2022. 

Our graduates consistently perform well on the ABPMR Board Certification Exams (100% pass rate for Part I on a 5-year rolling cycle), and have been consistently successful in securing fellowship positions or finding practice opportunities in both private and academic settings.

Highlights

• MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute U.S. News Ranks MetroHealth's Rehabilitation Institute Among Top in Nation
• The MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute was designated as one of Newsweek’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers of 2023
• Dynamic 21-resident training program 
• Full-time MetroHealth faculty of more than 25 Board-certified Physiatrists and rehabilitation Psychologists 
• Free-standing Rehabilitation Institute at the MetroHealth Old Brooklyn Healthcare Campus
• Features 67 inpatient rehabilitation beds on three specialized floors for spinal cord injury and trauma, brain injury and stroke
• As the primary certified Level One Trauma and Burn Center for all Northeastern Ohio, MetroHealth Medical Center treats a large number and variety of trauma cases
• The MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute is designated as a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Model System, in recognition of our state-of-the-art spinal cord injury care and cutting-edge clinical research
• Outpatient clinics focus on musculoskeletal/sports, pain, amputee management, lymphedema, concussion, electrodiagnosis, spasticity management, as well as ultrasound-guided injections and interventional spine procedures 
• Residents also rotate at the Cleveland Clinic for musculoskeletal/sports medicine and consults, the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation for inpatient and outpatient pediatric rehab, and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC for inpatient care, outpatient clinics and electrodiagnosis (all within a 20 minute drive)
• Sponsor of a Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship for the past 10 years and Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship for the past two years, and the Pain Medicine Fellowship.  

We thank you for your interest in the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute and the Department of PM&R Training Program.

Sincerely,

Jared Placeway, DO

Residency Program Director

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine