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Thank you to our 2025-2026 ABMS Scholar: Dr. Matthew Haas
Over the past year as an ABMS Scholar, Dr. Haas has been working to better understand what influences physicians to pursue—or not pursue—a career in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. His research represents the first national study to explore the motivations, experiences and barriers shaping the field’s future workforce.
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Meet our 2026-2027 ABMS Scholar: Dr. Zachary Carter!
Through his project, Advanced Spine: An Interdisciplinary Value-based Curriculum to Train Physicians to Implement Biopsychosocial Care Models, Dr. Carter will develop education and practical tools to help physicians integrate interdisciplinary, biopsychosocial approaches to chronic pain care.
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Early Career PM&R Diplomates: Apply to be an ABMS Scholar
The ABPMR Foundation has committed to sponsoring an ABMS Scholar for the 2026-2027 academic year. The ABMS Scholar Program™ supports the research of early-career physicians and research professionals and facilitates leadership development through engagement with ABMS and the broader certification community.
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Thank you to our 2024-2025 ABMS Scholar: Dr. Allison Wallingford
Over the past year, Dr. Wallingford has focused her efforts on her ABMS Scholar research project titled “Use of Biased Language in the Medical Record to Describe Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury.” We are excited to present her findings and discuss her plans for continuing this important research.
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Meet our 2025-2026 ABMS Scholar: Dr. Matthew Haas!
Dr. Haas will be diving into his research project “Factors influencing trainee decisions to pursue pediatric rehabilitation medicine: a mixed methods study of exposure, motivation and career pathways” which will be the first national effort to understand what draws—or deters—physicians from pursuing pediatric rehabilitation medicine.
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