Membership Types

Senior

Fellow members have been in good standing for 15 or more years and have retired from their practice or other position constituting the principal source of their professional income.

Life

Life members have paid 15 years’ dues in one lump sum.

Fellow

A Fellow has passed both Part 1 and Part 2 of the examination of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPM&R) and is thus a Diplomate of the ABPM&R.

Associate

An Associate member has completed training in an approved PM&R residency program.

Academic/Researcher

An Academic/Researcher is a non-physician health care professional with a PhD and current academic appointment in a division or department that includes PM&R within an accredited North American Medical School.

Corresponding

Corresponding members reside outside the United States, are legally qualified to practice medicine, and have training and experience comparable to Diplomates of the ABPMR.

Inactive

Inactive members are those in good standing who are enduring a period of protracted hardship or illness.

Honorary

Honorary members have performed outstanding or unique services (nationally or internationally) in the field of PM&R, and are otherwise ineligible to be Fellow or Associate members or Senior Fellows.

Affiliate (Resident)

Affiliate members are full-time residents training in an approved PM&R residency program or in an approved program in a related medical specialty as part of a combined residency program; or are full-time physicians in an approved program studying for a graduate degree related to training in PM&R.

Part-Time Fellow

Part-time fellows are semi-retired in practice.

Medical Student

Medical student members are full time students in good standing in an accredited medical school pursuing a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree.

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