Student-run · Free to join · Pennsylvania and beyond

Meet PM&R early.

A free, student-run community for medical students exploring Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — monthly talks, mentors from across Pennsylvania, hands-on workshops, and a lot of volunteering.

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The full range

Where are you on the path?

Pick a stage to see what fits. The colors follow the TheraBand resistance scale — lightest to heaviest.

Any year, often M1–M3

Getting involved

Come to a talk, find a mentor, and get your hands on the specialty.

Every month

Something’s always on.

Every month · 8 PM ET

A didactic talk

A resident or attending with Pennsylvania ties, live on Zoom and recorded to YouTube.

Every month

The newsletter

Every opportunity our Operations committee finds — deadlines, conferences, applications — in one email.

Rolling sign-ups

A mentor

We pair you with a resident or attending from one of Pennsylvania’s 33 PM&R programs.

Nine committees

Run entirely by students.

Every program here is built by a committee of medical students. Tap one to meet the people behind it.

All committees

Monthly speaker series

Outreach & Didactics Programming

Books residents and attendings with Pennsylvania ties for a monthly talk, records every session, and runs the rotation bootcamp series.

Infrastructure & communications

Operations

Keeps everything running — the opportunities spreadsheet, the Drive, the listserv and Slack, the monthly newsletter, and this website.

Instagram, YouTube & more

Social Media

Designs every flyer and runs Instagram, YouTube, X, and Reddit — plus spotlights on members and committees.

1:1 pairing & panels

Mentorship

Pairs students with residents and attendings across Pennsylvania and runs the VSLO, rank list, and Match panels.

Journal clubs & publications

Research

Writes Rehab in Review summaries, runs faculty-led journal clubs, and publishes the organization's own survey research.

Workshops & networking

In-Person Event Planning

Plans hands-on workshops and networking sessions hosted by residency programs across Pennsylvania.

Volunteer outings

Adaptive Sports

Finds adaptive sports volunteer opportunities across Pennsylvania and organizes group outings.

Coverage & skills labs

Sports & Race Medicine

Finds sports coverage, pre-participation physicals, and race-day med tent shifts — and runs a hands-on skills lab.

Health equity & policy

Advocacy

Brings health equity, disability justice, and rehab policy into the conversation through panels and volunteer days.

Past leaders, now residents

Where they matched.

Last year’s leaders ran these same panels and committees. Now they’re in residency — and plenty of them come back to teach.

Stephen Chien
Co-President, 2025–26
UCLA / VA Greater Los Angeles
Justin Gellman
Co-President, 2025–26
Tufts
Franchesca Inay
Vice President, 2025–26
UPMC
Jesus Alvarado Salinas
Mentorship lead, 2025–26
Tower Health PM&R
Victoria Horn
Outreach lead, 2025–26
Yale

Free · No application

Get on the list.

Any medical student interested in PM&R, in Pennsylvania or anywhere else. Get the newsletter, hop in the group chat, and show up to whatever looks good.

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