PM&R Residency
Forge Your Journey in PM&R
Discover PM&R and explore your interests. Choose your own path, with 50+ faculty experts as your guides.
Our Vision
- Our residents collaborate to improve lives. Residents engage in and embrace challenges, work together to solve problems, teach and mentor one another, and provide excellent, tailored care for patients and families.
- Our leadership model empowers faculty to teach. Specialty-specific faculty lead curricular design. Resident experiences - from didactics through clinical experiences- are crafted by experts.
- Our customizable clinical rotations offer depth, breadth and autonomy. With over 5 months of customizable time (elective & research), no two resident experiences are alike.
Here, you'll find a place to grow, explore, and thrive—supported by a community that’s passionate about rehabilitation medicine and committed to your success.
Current Residents
Our department is comprised of a diverse and dedicated team. Under the guidance of dedicated faculty, residents develop skills that equip them to exceed the highest standards of patient care and research.
Graduate Careers 2015 to 2026
| Fellowship | Number of Graduates |
| Sports Medicine | 10 |
| Pain Medicine | 10 |
| Spinal Cord Injury | 7 |
| Pediatric Rehabilitation | 5 |
| Cancer Rehabilitation | 2 |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 2 |
| Neurocritical Care | 2 |
| Addiction Medicine | 1 |
| Neurorehabilitation | 1 |
| Neuromuscular | 1 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care | 1 |
Recent Graduates
Class of 2026:
- Dr. Andrew Coryea: Spine & MSK Fellowship at Spine West (Boulder, CO)
- Dr. Andi Garcia: SCI Fellowship at Michigan Medicine
- Dr. Jared Gershowitz: Pain Fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles / West LA VA
- Dr. Michael Haupt: Pain Fellowship at University of California, Irvine Medical Center
- Dr. William "Buddy" Naber: Pain Fellowship at Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals (Cleveland, OH)
- Dr. Vinai Reddy: Physician at Physiatry Associates of Texas and at the Neurology Care Clinic (Dallas, TX)
Class of 2025:
- Dr. Jarrod Buchanon: Pain Fellowship at Michigan Medicine
- Dr. Kelsey Crowell: Physiatrist at Providence, Anchorage, AK
- Dr. Kirk Dettloff: Faculty, PM&R at Michigan Medicine
- Dr. Jonathan Heyl: Pain Fellowship, Michigan Medicine
- Dr. Aarthi Manjunathan: Sports Medicine Fellowship at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Dr. Emine Poyraz: Faculty, PM&R at Michigan Medicine
Class of 2024:
- Dr. Lubna Ayoubi: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship at Michigan Medicine
- Dr. Alexander Brahmsteadt: Neurocritical Care Fellowship at University of Washington, Seattle WA
- Dr. Tahsin Choudhury: SCI Fellowship at Michigan Medicine
- Dr. Alyssa Cook: SCI Fellowship at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School), West Orange NJ
- Dr. Kyle Medley: Physician, Associates in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Ann Arbor, MI
- Dr. Nicholas Stoyles: Physician, Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI
Class of 2023:
- Dr. Deanna Brinks: Sports Medicine Fellowship at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital (White Plains, NY)
- Dr. Jim Devanney: Neurocritical Care Fellowship at Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA)
- Dr. Sara Dykowski: Sports Medicine Fellowship at Stanford Medicine (Stanford, CA)
- Dr. Andrew Miller: Physician, St. Luke's Hospital (Bethlehem, PA)
- Dr. Krishna Sarma: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas, TX)
- Dr. Sharis Steib: Pain Medicine Fellowship at Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor, MI)
Class of 2022:
- Areeb Chator, MD: Sports Medicine Fellowship at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY
- Jonathan Etter, MD, PhD: Sports Medicine Fellowship at Ascension Providence Hospital, Novi, MI
- James Liu, MD: Physician, Integrated Rehab Consultants in Toledo, OH
- Eboni Reed, MD: Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship, University of Texas Houston and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
- Sara Rosenblum, MD: Physician, Associates in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ann Arbor, MI
- Julia Shah, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The U-M Medical School's PM&R residency program was a fantastic place to spend my 3 years of PM&R training. I found the environment a welcoming place to ask questions, learn, and support one another through our times of growth as physicians-in-training. The expertise of the attending physicians was diverse and allowed me to learn about many PM&R subspecialties and see a variety of interesting cases.
The program encouraged feedback and positive change occurred in response. Working at the University of Michigan also offered the opportunity to work with and learn from talented therapists, physician specialists, and researchers. I highly encourage those interested in a dynamic and supportive residency to consider U-M!
Salary & Benefits
The University of Michigan offers highly competitive salaries and tremendous benefits to our residents/fellows. An overview of salary, benefits and employment eligibility is available on the University of Michigan Medical School website.
Program Leadership
Sandra Hearn
Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Program Director, Residency
Program Associate, Musculoskeletal (MSK)
Sequence Director and Electrodiagnostic and Neuromuscular Medicine Education Lead, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
Cory W Wernimont
Associate Residency Director and Program Assistant
SCI Education Lead
Medical School
Jamie Saiberlich
Lee Hair
See Where Training Takes Place
The U-M Medical School campus offers numerous spaces dedicated to academic learning, research and clinical care, including specialty clinics, research labs and more. Each space and facility provides a collaborative and innovative environment for education, research and patient care.
Our Community
Feel at home in Michigan. Explore what it’s like to live, learn and grow in Ann Arbor among a diverse and supportive network of leaders in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Explore all that Ann Arbor and our surrounding communities have to offer.
