AAPM&R Department Chair & Division Chief Summit

Overview

PM&R Department Chairs are a unique group of leaders navigating a rapidly evolving world in which physiatry is facing challenges from all sides. This invite-only Summit is intended to provide a private, collegial venue for Department Chairs to gather and learn through sharing and collaboration. There will be opportunities to discuss the challenges you are facing, gain strategies you can take back to your own institution and explore opportunities to work together in leading the specialty forward. This summit will be casual, productive and offer perspective and support you won’t find anywhere else.

Help Us Build the 2027 Summit That You Want

This Summit is designed by and for Department Chairs and Division Chiefs, and we want to ensure the 2027 experience is even more relevant, engaging and impactful.

We’d value your input on:

• Topics and challenges most important to you right now
• What would make this Summit a “must-attend” for you
• How we can best structure the experience to deliver the greatest value
  

Please take a minute to share your input via this brief survey. 

The registration fee is $475 for members and $525 for nonmembers. Registration includes all meals throughout the duration of the event, including dinner Friday evening. Participants are responsible for their own airfare and hotel reservations.

This is an invite-only, in-person event. Registration may not be transferred, and virtual attendance will not be an option.

Registration will open shortly.

Summit Planning Group

Target Audience

This summit is an invite-only event for PM&R Department Chairs and PM&R Division Chiefs who report up through another department. 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this summit, participants will be able to identify strategies to:

•    Demonstrate the value of PM&R to their health system
•    Identify non-monetary strategies for retaining faculty
•    Discuss innovative methods for securing and/or maximizing resources
•    Recognize opportunities for integrating AI into practice
•    Work together to move the specialty forward as PM&R leader