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The University of Rochester Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency is sponsored by Strong Memorial Hospital. The PMR residents spend the majority of time at this facility and the outpatient locations that are a part of each system. Residents rotate at St. Mary's and Rochester General Hospital that are located approximately 3-12miles (10-25 minutes) apart with readily available and accessible parking at each facility.

Strong Memorial Hospital is a 750 bed regional Level 1 trauma and tertiary care center, and the main teaching facility for the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Strong Memorial Hospital is the largest Medical Center in the Upstate New York Region and has recently built a 400 million dollar research facility that will ranks among the top in the country. The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Division has benefited greatly from the recent market place changes in the community. A Department in the Department of Orthopaedic's within the medical center, is fully supported by the University to serve an integrated delivery system within the multi county region it currently serves. Administratively PM&R includes the region's largest Physical and Occupational therapy departments, a growing outpatient physician practice and a 20 bed acute rehabilitation unit CARF accredited in both general rehabilitation and spinal cord injury. A Federally designated Model Spinal Cord Injury Center from 1981 - 1991, the Division of PM&R also provides specialty spinal cord injury services including lifetime follow-up, male fertility services and baclofen pump technology.

The diverse interests of the faculty has also lead to the development of several other specialty services including amputee and musculoskeletal clinics, and electrodiagnostic services.