About
Run by students. Free for everyone.
Pennsylvania PM&R Fellowship is a free, student-run community for medical students in Pennsylvania and beyond who are curious about Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Why we exist
Most students meet PM&R late — if at all.
Physiatry rarely shows up in the preclinical curriculum, so plenty of students don’t run into it until a rotation — or never do. Our mission is simple: expose students in Pennsylvania and beyond to PM&R and provide resources to learn more about the specialty.
So we built the thing we wanted: a monthly speaker series, mentors from across the state, hands-on workshops, volunteer days, and a running list of every opportunity we can find — all free, and open to anyone.
Our motto is “Room for everyone.” Every opportunity we find gets shared with the whole community, not just a few.
How we’re organized
No staff. No dues. Just students.
Every role is a one-year volunteer term running May to May. Applications open each spring.
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Executive board
Two co-presidents and two vice presidents who run monthly leadership meetings and keep every committee moving.
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Committees
Each led by two or three co-leads with a team of members — from mentorship to race-day medical coverage.
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School ambassadors
Students who bring the organization to their own campuses, so no school gets left out of the loop.
Who we work with
Part of a bigger PM&R community.
We partner with national societies and sister student organizations.
AAPM&R
The American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — the national specialty society.
Association of Academic Physiatrists
Mentorship, leadership, and research for academic physiatry, including a medical student council.
AOCPMR
The American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
NYSPMR
The New York Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — our closest regional peer.
Pathways in PM&R
A national student mentorship organization for PM&R and publisher of the rotations guide below.
Rehab Link
A community focused on representation in rehabilitation medicine.
Physiatry 360
A new student-led PM&R journal that's accepting submissions.
California & Chicago PM&R Fellowships
Sister student organizations we partner with, including on the rotation bootcamp series.
A small detail
This site is set in Atkinson Hyperlegible.
It was designed by the Braille Institute to be easier to read for people with low vision. For a specialty built around function and access, it felt like the right choice.