Also called: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician, PM&R Doctor
A medical doctor who leads recovery for people with spinal cord injuries, strokes, amputations, and chronic pain.
Rounds on a rehab unit where patients are relearning to walk after strokes, adjusts medications for nerve pain, does ultrasound-guided injections, and runs team meetings with the therapists. Often works with paralympic athletes or injured veterans.
Estimate; BLS top-codes physician wages.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 12 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school, then a 4-year PM&R residency.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Kinesiology, Neuroscience.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Tracks BLS physicians overall.
Low risk for 10 years. AI drafts rehab notes and reads gait data; exams, injections and leading the therapy team stay with the doctor.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Anatomy & physiology, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1229.
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