Program Info

A special eight week Summer Fellowship Program is offered for students who have completed at least their first year of medical school training. The number of participants ranges from 2-3 students depending on available funds and the exact date funds are committed. The major objectives have been and are to expose the medical students to the principles of management of the acutely ill patient (early onset of strokes, the spinal cord injured patient) and of the chronically ill (e.g. multiple sclerosis, cardiac and pulmonary disabled) through rehabilitation methods. An equally desirous impact is to stimulate interest in a career in rehabilitation medicine.

There are daily rounds and formal didactic sessions as well as participation in the many other lectures held at the Rusk Institute and in the Medical Center in general.

Exposure to joint conferences (urology, radiology, orthopedics, etc.) with special emphasis on rehabilitation aspects of patient care. The supervised clinical program is most frequently on a one to one basis.

Individual students are assigned to a resident and each student becomes the responsibility of a senior staff attending. Students are also expected to choose some areas of interest in rehabilitation medicine, such as prosthetics, orthotics, electromyography and cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation. For those interested in pursuing basic research during their program, arrangements for participation in ongoing projects are promptly accomplished. Many students elect to continue working part time on their research projects without renumeration for an eight month period during the formal sophomore year which follows the summer experience.

To contact recent participants of the program, email Austin Pantel, ap1631@med.nyu.edu, or Michael Purvin, mp1778@med.nyu.edu.