Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program

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

Total Annual Salaries

July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

• PGY 1 $77,500
• PGY 2 $79,500
• PGY 3 $82,500
• PGY 4 $87,500
• PGY 5 $89,500
• PGY 6 $91,500

*Includes $1,000 for required rotational travel expenses

Benefits

CME annual:

• PGY 1 $1,000
• PGY 2 $1,500
• PGY 3: $2,500
• PGY 4: $2,500
• PGY 5: $2,500
• PGY 6: $2,500

Stipends: Including in Salary

Housing stipend: $3,500

Meals: annual meal stipend $3,000. No free meals provided.

Cell phone stipend: $500

Uniform Stipend: $500

Education stipend:

• PGY 1: $1,000
• PGY 2: $1,500
• PGY 3: $1,500
• PGY 4: $2,000
• PGY 5: $2,000
• PGY 6:$ 2,000

Chief resident stipend (will identify senior chief for programs once selected) additional stipend $3,000.

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
• Inpatient
• Consults
• Pediatrics

Inpatient Rotations

• General Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Traumatic Brain Injury at Burke Rehabilitation
• Spinal Cord Injury at Burke Rehabilitation

Outpatient Rotations

• Pain Management/Interventional Spine/General PM&R Clinic
• MSK/Sports Medicine
• Adult Neurology/Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Oncologic Rehabilitation

Additional Rotations

• Consults
• Pediatric Rehabilitation
• 2 months Electives

Affiliated Sites

Inpatient and teaching facilities:

• Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY
• New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Center for Sports Medicine

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
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Long Island, Bridgewaters, NY
• iMSK & Spine Group, Freeport and Hicksville, NY
• Long Island Brain & Spine with David Phillips, MD, West Islip NY
• Island Musculoskeletal Care with Gus Katsigioris, MD, Valley Stream, NY
• Total Orthopedics and Sports Medicine with Brett Spain, DO, Massapequa, NY
• Nassau University Medical Center with Adam Isaacson, MD, East Meadow, NY
• Good Samaritan University Hospital with Jonas M. Sokolof, DO, West Islip, NY

The PM&R Residency Program places a large emphasis on academics, which includes weekly protected time (Fridays from 7 a.m. to 11 a.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
• Online lecture series
• Procedural workshops
• Radiology rounds
• Regional and national conferences throughout each year
• Workshops on comprehensive EMG, musculoskeletal ultrasound, functional biomechanics and osteopathic manipulative medicine
• Spasticity management with botulinum toxin
• Board Review

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