Tag: physiatry
Physiatry
Launching PAM at PARM 2024
Late post, because there was a lot going on this past weekend and we’re all still recuperating. The Philippine Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine’s (PARM) 34th annual convention from February 22-25 started off with a Research Day on the 22nd, showcasing the latest research studies, case reports and poster presentations from the seven training institutions offering […]
Performing Arts Medicine Clinic Goes Live!
February 10, 2024. Lunar new year (year of the wood dragon). Today I got to do what I set out to do in medical school: have a clinic exclusively for performing artists. Could not have done this without the support of many, many people across the years – grateful to them, and to God who […]
PAM Clinic + Lunar (Chinese) New Year… we’re open anyway!
28 years after discovering Performing Arts Medicine in medical school, this is a dream come true! Thanks very much to UP Kolehiyo ng Musika, UP College of Medicine and PGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine for making this happen. We did not realize we were opening on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which […]
First day of clinic: look, I match the wall!
I suppose that’s a good sign, right? After leaving the clinical world in 2019 for a 2-year expensive and soul-searching sabbatical + 1 year of health issues + easing back into medicine after that year through teaching duties… here I am! Outpatient clinic every Thursday afternoon. May consider doing Tuesday afternoons too, if needed. But […]
Curtains Up: Introduction to Performing Arts Medicine
This is a belated post about the recent webinar from the Performing Arts Medicine Association Young Professionals Committee, in which Dr. Mark Seton and I presented the basics of Performing Arts Medicine. From the PAMA. I was going to blog about it sooner, but life got in the way! From the PAMA website:Let’s start at […]
Staying Up Late (or Early) for Performing Arts Medicine
Yesterday (more like earlier today – it was 1 AM) I had the privilege and honor to speak to medical students interested in PM&R (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiatry, Rehabilitation Medicine) from Chicago. The Chicago PM&R Medical Students Fellowship has a monthly meeting under the mentorship of Dr. Ravi Kasi at Rush University. They usually […]
Training to be a Physiatrist (and Beyond)
I wrote some basic information about Rehabilitation Medicine in the first post for this category. You can read that here to refresh your memory. Specialty training in Rehabilitation Medicine occurs in residency (side note: it’s called “residency” because in the past, graduate medical education required the trainees to live in the hospital – thus they […]
FAQ for SCI: Some Frequently Asked Questions about Spinal Cord Injury
BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons We briefly tackled what an SCI is on the Resources for SCI page, but here’s a bit more in-depth information. To recap: the spinal cord can be thought of as an extension of your brain – it is made of nerve tissue that runs from the base of […]
Rehabilitation Medicine (JOINT journal entry)
August 22, 1998 Saturday Dear everyone-on-my-generic-on-line-journal-of-internship mailing list, Hello! This installment of the journal is about my 2-week rotation in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, which happens to be my specialty of choice. Duh? For people who do net know about this young field, Rehabilitation (a.k.a. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, PM&R or Physiatry) is called […]
What is Rehabilitation Medicine?
Rehabilitation Medicine is also known as Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), Physical Rehabilitation and Medicine (PRM) or Physiatry (fizz-ee-AHT-ree, or fee-SIGH-ah-tree; from the Greek physio = of nature or physical, iatrea = act of healing or doctor). As you can see, this medical specialty has some sort of an identity crisis… which does not help […]
