The University of Louisville Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program is affiliated with University of Louisville Health Sciences Center and located in Frazier Rehabilitation and Neuroscience Center/Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's Healthcare. Both medical campuses,along with Norton's Hospital, are located in the downtown medical complex within a few blocks of each other. The VA Hospital is located approximately 2 miles northeast of the downtown medical complex off Interstate 71.   

 

 

 

Frazier Rehab Institute is an acute care rehabilitation hospital which opened in 1954 and has recently expanded from a 5-story, 90-bed facility a to 15-story, 135-bed tower. Brand-new, private rooms were recently (February, 2006) opened on the 7th (TBI, Stroke), 8th (Pediatrics), 9th (Orthopedic, General), and 10th (SCI) floors of the new expansion. Each floor has its own therapy gym with a full-glass wall overlooking the Louisville skyline. The 6th floor contains the Outpatient therapy gym, Gait analysis, 2 pools for aquatic therapy, Neuropsychology, the Movement Disorder Clinic of world-renowned neurologist Dr. Irene Litvan, and the Spinal Cord Injury Clinic. The 11th floor houses the cardiopulmonary gym and The Trager Pavilion at Frazier (which is another floor of private rooms which are reserved for those requesting extra attention). The 15th floor houses Administration, 2 as-yet-to-be-finished large conference rooms, the PMR residents' and academic office, and Dr. Susan Harkema's SCI research offices for the University of Louisville's Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and NeuroRecovery Network. Dr. Harkema is the Rehabilitation Research Director at KSCIRC. Frazier provides excellent exposure to a variety of patients, pathology, and experiences which all contribute to a fulfilling and rewarding training experience.

 

The mission of the Residency Program in PM&R at Frazier Rehab Institute/University of Louisville is to provide an exceptional, educational experience in patient care, research, and leadership. Through didactics, self-study, and group interactions the resident physician will learn to provide optimum care for individuals with physical disability to allow the highest quality of life.