October 31, 2016

Congratulations Dr. Sheng Li

Dr. Sheng Li will receive the prestigious Early Career Academician Award from the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP).  This award honors a member of the Association who has demonstrated outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, research and/or administration and has…


October 31, 2016

Congratulations Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez

Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez was admitted to the incoming class of the highly-competitive Program for Academic Leadership (PAL) of the AAP.  PAL is a three-year program aimed at developing the academic leadership skills of early career faculty. She becomes the third member of the…


October 24, 2016

Jose Arias Berrios, M.D of UTHealth’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation speaks on the diagnosis and treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Watch UTHealth’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician, Jose Arias Berrios, M.D., in a live interview on Noticias45 Univision Houston, discussing the diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Recorded Saturday October 15, 2016 *Video recorded in Spanish *El video grabado en espanol. Watch Video


October 24, 2016

UTHealth’s Physical Medicine and Rehab physician, Carolina Gutierrez, MD discusses Cancer Rehabilitation

Watch UTHealth’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician, Carolina Gutierrez , M.D., on Noticias45 Univision discussing Cancer Rehabilitation. Live video recorded Saturday, October 22, 2016. *Video is in Spanish. *El video esta en espanol. Watch Video


October 19, 2016

TIRR Memorial Hermann is recognized

TIRR Memorial Hermann (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research) is recognized as one of the nation’s top rehabilitation hospitals. See more about it here.


October 19, 2016

Spasticity management

Dr. Gerard E Francisco talks about the Role of Physiatrists in Spasticity Management. See more here  


October 10, 2016

UT Distinguished Lecture Series with Dr. William Micheo

The McGovern Medical School Department of PM&R hosted the first of their Distinguished Lecture Series at TIRR Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical Center. The inaugural speaker was Dr. William Micheo. Dr. Micheo is a Professor and Chairman of the…


September 23, 2016

Our PM&R Residency Program is now a 4 year Categorical Program

September 23, 2016 We are happy to announce that our 3 year Advanced Residency Program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will be switching to a 4 year Categorical Program effective immediately. We will start recruiting four PGY-1 positions in this upcoming 2017 NRMP Match. We will…


September 6, 2016

Step by step, Veronica Daniels-Lewis is assisting with robotic exoskeleton research at TIRR Memorial Hermann

Step by step, Veronica Daniels-Lewis is assisting with robotic exoskeleton research at TIRR Memorial Hermann. View Video



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