UNC Hospitals and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation are making plans to move the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation (AIR) Center from Chapel Hill to nearby Hillsborough, NC. The new AIR Center will be located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the bed tower currently under construction at UNC Hospitals – Hillsborough Campus and … Read more

The Program on Integrative Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation recently receiving funding as part of a $7.3 million, multi-site clinical trial awarded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center on Complementary and Integrative Health, entitled “Optimizing Pain Treatment in Medical Settings Using Mindfulness (OPTIMUM).” The study involves a pragmatic trial … Read more

On Saturday, October 31st, 2020, UNC’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the UNC Center for Rehabilitation Care hosted the 2nd Annual 2020 UNC Concussion Symposium: Focusing on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). This year’s virtual symposium, hosted in collaboration with Greensboro AHEC,  highlighted current innovations, testing, treatment, and management of mTBI and concussion. … Read more

William Filer, MD has been promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations to William Filer, MD on his promotion to Associate Professor in UNC’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation! His promotion became effective November 1, 2020. Please join us in congratulating him.

The 2020 residency recruitment will be a little different this year. We invite you to watch our new video and hear what our residents and faculty have to say about the UNC PM&R Residency program, our shared goals and values, and the new growth of our department!

October 31, 2020   We are hosting a concussion symposium to highlight current innovations, testing, treatment, and management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and concussion. This symposium is designed to enhance understanding of the professional roles and multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of concussions or mTBI. CEU credits will be offered. … Read more

Congratulations to Drs. Lee Shuping, Michael Boyd, and Akash Patel on being accepted as new members to UNC’s Academy of Educators! They are among 96 other new faculty and resident members who will be inducted into the Academy this year. UNC’s Academy of Educators (“AOE”) was founded on enhancing research and scholarship toward excellence in teaching. They select … Read more

UNC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 Research Day You are cordially invited to the UNC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 Research Day! Please join us as our Class of 2020 graduating PM&R resident physicians and PIM fellows showcase their final research presentations. Additionally, the Class of 2021 PM&R resident physicians and … Read more

PM&R’s Program on Integrative Medicine (PIM) opens the a Integrative Medicine Clinic housed at the Center for Rehabilitation Care. The clinic will offer individual consultations and group visits. The clinic will serve patients who are interested in learning integrative options for pain management, are interested in learning self-care, and/or need a new approach to their … Read more

Congratulations to all three of our PGY-4 Resident Physicians on their recent fellowship matches! These residents will graduate from the UNC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency training program on June 23, 2020. They will begin their respective fellowship programs later in the summer of 2020. We are incredibly proud of these gentlemen and their accomplishments; … Read more