2025 FREIDA™ data
In 2025, FREIDA™ users tallied more than 32,000 views of physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs. In this list, we pare the 114 programs down to the 10 physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs ranked at the top for user interest.
Rankings are based on identified medical student activity on FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2025. FREIDA allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Specialty description
The specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry, manages medical issues that affect the way people function. Unlike other medical specialties that focus on a medical “cure,” the goals of the physiatrist are to maximize patients’ independence in activities of daily living and improve quality of life.
PM&R physicians, also known as physiatrists, treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons. PM&R physicians evaluate and treat injuries, illnesses and disability, and are experts in designing comprehensive, patient-centered treatment plans. Physiatrists utilize cutting‐edge as well as time‐tested treatments to maximize function and quality of life.
The 10-most viewed physical medicine and rehabilitation programs
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program
HonorHealth Program
Johns Hopkins University Program
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program
University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program
MedStar Health/Georgetown-National Rehabilitation Hospital Program
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program
Baylor College of Medicine Program
