Michael Blatt

Life update— going to Ann Arbor in July! Still in disbelief that I'm getting the opportunity to continue my residency training in PM&R. Huge thank you to everyone who offered advice or lended a hand in navigating this past year :-)

Subspecialization in #physiatry is thought of as fellowship training, but are there other routes? The RFC met with Dr. Raymond Chou, a hand & upper extremity rehab specialist at Stanford University, to learn what led him to this interest. 🎧Listen now on all podcast platforms

New @AAPhysiatrists Career Chat episode is live! Dr. Chou's path to upper-extremity rehabilitation is one of the most fascinating and thought-provoking stories of career development in physiatry I know of— hope you enjoy listening as much as I did. open.spotify.com/episode/0AsISn…

And what better way to wrap up #AAPMR25 with finding out that I’ll be heading to San Juan in February for @AAPhysiatrists’s annual meeting, can’t wait to see many of y’all again in 4 months!

What an amazing opportunity to return to SLC for #AAPMR25! Great times meeting and reconnecting with countless incredible physiatrists, residents and students.

And we’re off to the races! ERAS round 2 submitted. Looking forward to crossing paths with new and old faces in the #physiatry community this year. To every one who offered advice or support these last 6 months— thank you for everything. #match2026

NEW: AAP Career Chats podcast episode! Curious about an academic career in pain management or spine? Dr. Michael Blatt talks with Dr. Zack McCormick about his path in fellowship leadership, research, publishing, and medical device innovation. 🎧Listen now on all streaming apps!

First ever thank you card from a patient 🥲 best last day surprise ever @MedStarNRHgme

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@chr_huang @jbcarmody Always listen to the blood pressure down medicine experts

@BlattTweets @jbcarmody Here’s another: “pharmacist calls, I listen to pharmacist”

Intern mantra, from the wise words of @jbcarmody... "when blood pressure is up, give blood pressure down medicine"

Glad to have learned yesterday that an abstract of mine was accepted for presentation at @AAPMR! Can’t wait to meet all of the #physiatry folks on here in person and looking forward to my first trip back to SLC this October!

Life update

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@DrNick_DO @uk_pmr @UKAthletics @Reds @Bengals Count me in! I’m Michael, an MS4 at @UofUMedicine and soon to be PGY-1 at @IMMWHC! My love for PM&R has exponentially grown since going unmatched; I’m thrilled to have a second chance to continue following my passion. Looking forward to connecting with everyone on here :-)

With all the new accounts I have seen from #AOCPMR25, let’s do a follow Friday #physiatry style. My name is Nick Elwert, APD at @uk_pmr. I LOVE neurorehab and spasticity management. While not at work, I’m rooting for @UKAthletics, @Reds & @Bengals! RT and post 👇

@Ella1429815 Feel free to message me, happy to update you on where I matched.

@BlattTweets Hi ! May I ask which prelim program you matched?

Hey #physiatry community— apologies for the late introduction! I'm a soon-to-be PGY-1 who unfortunately did not match into a PM&R position this cycle. Not the update I wanted to share this week, but PM&R has taught me to go all-in when the unthinkable happens.

@VictoriusBIGuma @Nick_Odiase Thank you for reaching out— would love to chat through your process. Not letting me message you over Twitter, but feel free to shoot me a message!

@BlattTweets @Nick_Odiase Went through the same thing (matched a prelim but not PM&R). Was lucky enough to match the following year. Feel free to message me for any questions.

Thanks to all whom I've spoken with so far and to anyone who made it to the end of this! If you're willing and able to lend a helping hand (and/or offer DC recs!), please reach out. My DMs are open :-) @AAPMR @AAPhysiatrists #Match2025 #SOAP2025

And for the record: I'm still going to celebrate the last 4 years of accomplishments and celebrate every friend that's achieving their dreams this week! You can always re-apply, but you cannot make up the memories of finishing med school.