We're in sunny San Diego and ready to showcase The Power of PM&R! Nothing can replace the in-person event experience—the excitement of traveling to a destination city and attending educational sessions tailored to your needs—but the key aspect is seeing your peers face-to-face, coupled with great networking opportunities. And that’s just what #AAPMR24 offers! We can't wait for you to join us in San Diego, November 6-10, to experience The Power of PM&R.
Participate in the best-of-the-best PM&R education, enjoy valuable networking experiences with your peers and discover top-notch physiatric research. You won’t want to miss all the excitement and new activities in store as we meet in-person in San Diego! Join your PM&R community for a week of learning, camaraderie and fun at physiatry's premier event.
In-Person Experience Includes:
All in-person and virtual sessions (90+) — Recorded and available to all registered attendees following the Assembly for one year, with the opportunity to earn more than 100 CME. More live-streamed content for 2024—40 sessions, including the four plenaries!
New! EDX ReBoot Camp (November 6 from 1-5 pm PT)—A refresher to help practicing physiatrists gain confidence in electrodiagnostic skills, especially for common diagnoses seen in the outpatient PM&R setting.
New! Advanced Clinical Focus Days—We are bringing advanced, targeted content directly to you for full day symposia in the clinical areas that are relevant to you. Choose from these clinical areas: pain and spine, pediatrics, cancer rehabilitation, inpatient rehabilitation, musculoskeletal and neurorehabilitation. All content will be live-streamed and available to registered attendees for one year.
PM&R Party...On the USS Midway! — Team Physiatry, prepare for a high-energy, fun-filled mission aboard the legendary USS Midway in the beautiful San Diego harbor. (Additional fees apply). Welcome Reception Sponsored by:
The Learning Center (located in the PM&R Pavilion) is your destination for highly interactive, hands-on demonstrations. Leading experts will give you exposure to new technologies available in different clinical areas. It's open throughout the Assembly and is included in your registration.
Hands-on Skills Labs offer a blend of didactic and hands-on learning. Choose from 11 interactive sessions, on topics covering adaptive sports medicine, orthobiologics, spasticity and interventional ultrasound applications. (Additional fees apply).
AAPM&R's Job & Fellowship Fair — The largest PM&R-specific career fair. Interact with representatives from 100+ institutions and practices across the country to learn about their open PM&R opportunities, connect with other job seekers and share advice and stories about what makes PM&R such a great specialty. NEW TIME! Wednesday, November 6 from 5:15-7:30 pm (PT).
PHiT Fest including the ever-popular Pub Trivia, Resident Town Hall and Happy Hour. PHiT Fest Sponsored by:
Lively PM&R Pavilion featuring the Learning Center/Career Corner, Research Hub and Exhibit Hall—with dedicated morning and lunchtime hours for even more learning, and all-day coffee in the Café. Plus, we will have NEW activities including a professional headshot booth, dog park, resident experience and a rehabilitation-focused community service project. Café Sponsored by:
Virtual Attendance Option
#AAPMR24 is more inclusive than ever with a virtual attendance option so that all physiatrists have the opportunity to take part in physiatry's biggest event of the year.
Our virtual program offers the flexibility to participate from anywhere, anytime. Virtual attendees will enjoy 24/7 access to all the great education that the Assembly is known for—online from their home or office. All sessions will be available on-demand for one year to registered attendees, with the opportunity to earn more than 100 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Virtual Experience Includes:
Live-streamed plenary sessions: We will have four exciting plenary sessions, including ophthalmologist and social media sensation, Dr. Glaucomflecken.
Clinical and practice symposia: Enjoy 90+ symposia, including 40 live-streamed, across various themes so you can customize your educational experience with what's most important to you. All in-person symposia will be recorded and available on-demand after the presentation for up to one year, with the opportunity to earn more than 100 CME.
New! Advanced Clinical Focus Days — We are bringing advanced, targeted content directly to you for full day symposia in the clinical areas that are relevant to you. Choose from these clinical areas: pain and spine, pediatrics, cancer rehabilitation, inpatient rehabilitation, musculoskeletal and neurorehabilitation. All of this content will be live-streamed.
Research Hub with Poster Wall including pre-recorded presentations.
Powerful Plenaries — Live-Streamed from San Diego
Prepare to be inspired and enlightened by our lineup of esteemed keynote speakers. Check out who will be taking the stage in San Diego!
Thursday, November 7: Opening Plenary and Presidential Address
AAPM&R President D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR and Will Flanary, MD (aka Dr. Glaucomflecken) Wife & Death & Comedy Will Flanary, MD, is an ophthalmologist and comedian who moonlights in his free time as “Dr. Glaucomflecken,” a social media personality who creates medical-themed comedy shorts to an audience of more than five million across social media. His humor has been shaped by the challenges of medical training and by his experiences as a patient. Will is a two-time testicular cancer survivor as well as a survivor of cardiac arrest, saved by his intrepid wife and her timely CPR. Initially used as a creative outlet to cope with these health challenges, Will’s comedy has evolved over time to incorporate biting satire of the U.S. healthcare system, academic publishing and interpersonal conflicts pervasive in the medical system. He is a frequent keynote speaker who encourages medical audiences to embrace humor in everyday life.
Friday, November 8: Plenary Session
Josh Sundquist One More Thing, One More Time Josh Sundquist is a Paralympic ski racer and bestselling author who has been featured in The New York Times, CNN and Forbes and has spoken across the world. His high-octane blend of energy and humor inspires organizations and individuals to adopt his ski racing motto, 1MT1MT (one more thing, one more time) as their new standard of excellence. Josh shares stories about losing his leg to cancer, ski racing in the Paralympics and playing jokes with his artificial leg to impart motivation for overcoming adversity and reaching peak performance.
Saturday, November 9: Fifty-Sixth Walter J. Zeiter Lecture and Awards Presentation
Beth Frates, MD Lifestyle Medicine for Patients and Providers Elizabeth (Beth) Pegg Frates, MD is a pioneer in Lifestyle Medicine education and an award-winning teacher at Harvard. She currently works with patients to help them adopt and sustain healthy habits.. Dr. Frates developed the concept of a Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG) for medical school that do not currently offer a course on Lifestyle Medicine and has been successfully running an LMIG at Harvard Medical School since 2008.
Immediately following the Academy's recognition of AAPM&R and Foundation for PM&R Award winners, Dr. Frates will explain the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and describe the guidelines as well as the research supporting each one.e.
Sunday, November 10: Hot Breakfast and Closing Plenary Session Featuring PhyzTalks
We're putting members front and center at the Annual Assembly. Hear our PhyzTalks finalists share their unique and inspirational stories, and enjoy a hot buffet breakfast before the presentations.
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