The PM&R Resident Research Day is an annual symposium to showcase resident research projects. This half-day event in May includes an invited guest professor who kicks off the event with a lecture followed by resident presentations. At the end of the event, selected faculty judges score presentations based on categories of criteria for “Best Research” and “Best Oral Presentation.”
8th Annual Resident Research Day 2026
The 2026 invited guest professor was
Randall L. Braddom, MD, MS, FAAPMR
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Florida
Dr. Braddom graduated from The Ohio State University Medical School (1968) and from the OSU PM&R Residency (1972). He has been President of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), the American Association of Neuromuscular Electrodiagnostic Medicine, (AANEM) and the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) and has received the lifetime achievement award from each of these organizations. His varied experience includes private practice, academic practice, a rehabilitation administrator, associate dean of a medical school, and chief executive officer (CEO) of a hospital. He has been selected in multiple years by two different organizations as one of the Best Doctors in America. He has given over 300 invited scientific presentations.
He is Clinical Professor of PM&R at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, University of South Florida Medical School, and the University of Florida Medical School. He was the editor of the first four editions of Braddom’s textbook of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, which is the most widely used textbook of PM&R in the world. At age 83 he is semiretired but still seeing inpatients at the Select Specialty Hospital in Oxford, Florida. Dr. Braddom also does medicolegal work. His hobbies include bicycling, and he is a self-taught bicycle mechanic and has refurbished 150 bicycles donated to disadvantaged youth.
Congratulations to our 8th Annual Resident Research Day Winners
Best Research
Samantha Houser, MD - Chief Resident - PGY-4 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Best Presentation
Carsen Cash, MD - Chief Resident - PGY-4 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation”