We're thrilled to welcome our 2025 Castillo Scholar! Today starts an engaging 8-week journey filled with research, clinical experience, and faculty mentorship. Let’s get started! #CastilloScholar #FutureLeaders #MedicalMentorship

Dr Rauch coauthored a paper on the incidence of lymphedema among adults with cerebral palsy. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pm… #CerebralPalsy #Lymphedema #RehabilitationMedicine #DisabilityResearch #PMR

Congratulations to Janet Bettger (Co-PI) and team on receiving a UNC Innovation Pilot Award for their project: “Piloting the Use of Advanced AI for Physical Therapy Treatment.” Project leads also include PI Rachelle Alpern and Co-PIs Brian Trabulsi and Dierdra Ricks. #UNCHealth

Congratulations! Dr Allen will be presenting her poster, "Increased Neuropsychology Utilization in the Acute Care Setting: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Rehabilitation" at the 2025 The AACN Conference on Thursday June 12 at 6:30 PM UNC Children's #AACN2025

Thank you to Dr. Knowlton, our Cancer Rehabilitation Medical Director, for the informative Grand Rounds presentation on cancer rehabilitation for physiatrists!🥇

Drs Filer and Cleveland co-authored a paper on improving mobility assistance for patients with SCI, stroke, and multiple sclerosis using an innovative approach called Spatially Distributed Asynchronous Stimulation (SDAS). Read more ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11030… #SCI #Stroke #MS #Rehab

Thrilled to welcome our amazing Class of 2029 interns as they kick off orientation — with a warm hug from Ramses to start things off right! 💙🐏 #ClassOf2029 #UNCMed #OrientationWeek #GoHeels #FuturePhysicians

Congratulations to our graduating residents! We’re so grateful for the time we’ve shared with you and your families. We’re incredibly proud of all you’ve achieved and can’t wait to see the amazing things you’ll do next. Wishing you all the very best!

Congratulations to Our 2025 Award Winners! Educational Module of the Year: Dr. Bartolo (Sports Med) Teaching Excellence: Dr. Baratta Team Player Award: Dr. McLean Teaching Award: Dr. McLean Resident of the Year: Dr. Elgendy Service Award: Dr. Elgendy Top SAE Score: Dr. Lau

Drs. Faurot, Lathren, Gaylord, and Elondra Harr co-authored a new publication: “Feasibility of a Telephone-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention for Informal Caregivers of Rural-Dwelling African Americans With Dementia.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #Research #Mindfulness #DementiaCare

We are starting a series to thank our 2025 Institution Partners Council (IPC) participants for their support! Shout out to our new IPC members PennState Health, UNC Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, & WashU Medicine Orthopedics - we are grateful for you! Learn more about benefits and how your institution can get

Have a Safe, Healthy, and Happy 4th of July weekend!

Congratulations to the UNC Hospitals Rehabilitation Team in Hillsborough for discharging our 1,000th patient this fiscal year — a first in the unit’s history! Incredible milestone and amazing work by the entire team. #OneGreatTeam #UNCHospitals #Hillsborough #Teamwork

Thank you to Dr. Paul Chelminski for his inspiring Grand Rounds talk, “Patients as Partners in Physician Wellbeing.” We’re grateful for the insights and reminders about the power of partnership in healthcare. #PhysicianWellbeing #GrandRounds #UNC

Celebrating the 10-year anniversary: a decade of compassionate care and service to the Hillsborough community! instagram.com/reel/DMFqprYMo…

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We're excited to share some of the great work happening in our community. Highlights include: -Welcome to our 2025 Incoming Interns -Dr. Susan Gaylord receives the Massey Award -2025 Research Day Recap 📖 Read more: med.unc.edu/phyrehab/about… #UNC #MedicalEducation #Residency

New Research Finds Changing Your Diet Could Ease Persistent Headaches After Brain Injury “This study suggests that dietary interventions can stabilize neuroinflammatory processes triggered by brain injury,” said lead author, Daisy Zamora, PhD. Read more: news.unchealthcare.org/2025/07/changi…

Congratulations to Dr. Sidney Tucker on matching into the Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center! Wishing you continued success as you prepare for this exciting opportunity.

Join our team! We're hiring an Interventional Spine Physiatrist at UNC. Learn more and apply here: go.unc.edu/UNCPMRCareers Direct link to the position: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/304015