Residents getting hands on experience WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program

Our program will train residents to become involved in community-based activity, with the main goals of providing care, education and resources to the underserved populations. This goal will be achieved by leveraging current experience of service-minded faculty to mentor residents in becoming selfless stewards of community health.

Teaching in IRF

medical AND PRE-MED students

Medical Education Opportunities

Opportunities include participation as part of an ongoing or feasible research project or working with a clinician on a scholarly paper or presentation.

Jonah Maggard and Dr. Daniel Kiehl at AAPM&R 2025

UF Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Educational Programs

PHYSIATRY IN THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM

Our faculty are involved in the Medical School Curriculum and the Graduate Medical Sciences Curriculum at UF. Faculty provide lectures in a variety of intensives. Electives in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation are offered:

  • Comprehensive Management of the Spine (PMR E1 MDT 7570) course director: Dr. Cole McCarty
  • Non-surgical Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (PMR E2 MDT 7570) course director: Dr. Jason Zaremski
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR E3 MDT 7570) course directors: Dr. Irene Estores, Dr. Parisa Zarreii

PHYSIATRY IN THE GRADUATE MEDICAL SCIENCES CURRICULUM

  • Functional Assessment in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (GMS 5905) course syllabi, course director: Dr. Sharareh Sharififar

ouR eDUCATION tEAM

Program Director, Residency Training Diplomate, American Board of Integrative Medicine

Irene M. Estores, M.D.

Dr. Estores is the Program Director of the PM&R Residency Program at UF. She is overseeing the residency curriculum, resident-faculty-program evaluation and development. She is Co-Chair of the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) and Co-Chair of the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC).

residency Education Coordinator

DeVonte Dennison

Our Residency Education Coordinator, DeVonte Dennison, is managing and coordinating the residency education program. For more information contact: DeVonte Dennison, UF Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3450 Hull Road Gainesville, FL 32607 Phone (352) 273-7356 and d.dennison@ufl.edu