Letter from the Chief Residents

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in The Ohio State University PM&R Residency program! 
The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department at OSU has a rich history for over 50 years and continues to be one of the premier residency training programs in the country. We have numerous distinguished graduates, including 8 Krusen award winners, 10 past presidents of AAPMR and 9 AAPMR Distinguished Clinician award winners. 

Residents rotate through all the major hospital systems in the Columbus area. We treat diverse patient populations in a mix of academic, private and government healthcare settings across the following sites: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Ohio Health (Grant and Riverside Hospitals), Mt. Carmel Hospital, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and the Central Ohio VA Hospital. Our primary inpatient rehabilitation hospital is Dodd Hall, a stand-alone hospital located on the OSU medical campus that was established in 1964; additionally, we have access to and support from all the academic and medical resources of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, making our inpatient experience even more robust. We are CARF accredited in the following in inpatient programs: brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, cancer rehabilitation, and comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation. Our outpatient clinics continue to build on these fundamental PM&R principles. We learn spasticity management, interventional spine techniques, electromyography, prosthetics and orthotics, wheelchair needs, sports medicine, pediatric PM&R, and osteoporosis and bone metabolism. Both the residency’s clinical opportunities and formal didactics address all the concepts of PM&R comprehensively, preparing graduates for board examinations, fellowships, job opportunities, and leadership positions. 

Columbus continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in the US, yet boasts a lower cost of living than other metropolitan areas. It offers recreation to both residents and their families. We have one of the nation’s top children’s museums (COSI) and zoos, a great selection of restaurants and breweries, and a variety of festivals, markets, metro parks, and concerts.

 As you may have heard, we also have a pretty great football team! Go Bucks!

Shannon Desmond, MD
shannon.desmond@osumc.edu

Melissa Lau, MD
melissa.lau@osumc.edu

Collin Grant, MD
collin.grant@osumc.edu