Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Physiatry: An Environmental Scan

David C Morgenroth1, Tiffany Knowlton, Susan Apkon

  • 1From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (DCM); Rehabilitation Care Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington (DCM); Association of Academic Physiatrists, Owing Mills, Maryland (TK); Department of PM&R, Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado (SA); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts (CAB); Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (ASB); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (CCV); Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico (WF); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (SLH); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (PJ); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas (PAL); H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (PAL); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York (AM); University of California, Irvine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orange, California (D. Perret); University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Birmingham, Alabama (D. Powell); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota (MP); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee (WER); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical System, Nashville, Tennessee (WER); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (GS); UPMC Rehabilitation Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (GS); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (MV-G); and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (PAC).

Summary

An environmental scan identified key trends, challenges, and opportunities in academic physiatry. This strategic assessment offers a roadmap for the field

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