There’s no better place to feel at home in your specialty than at the 2025 AAPM&R Annual Assembly! Attend #AAPMR25 and experience the NETWORKING, EDUCATION and EXCITEMENT that only AAPM&R can deliver. From the early-career physician to the seasoned practitioner, #AAPMR25 offers something for everyone.
Participate in the best-of-the-best PM&R education, enjoy valuable networking experiences with your peers and discover top-notch physiatric research. You won’t want to miss all the excitement and new activities in store as we meet in-person in Salt Lake City! Join your PM&R community for four days of learning, camaraderie and fun at physiatry's premier event.
This year’s theme, “There’s No Place Like #AAPMR25,” celebrates the heart of our specialty—YOU—and the STRONG, SUPPORTIVE community that makes AAPM&R your professional HOME. Explore your specialty, meet with other members in our community and take your career to the next level.
Your in-person experience includes:
All in-person and virtual sessions (90+) — Recorded and available to all registered attendees following the Assembly for one year, with the opportunity to earn up to 117 CME.
Back by Popular Demand! EDX ReBoot Camp (October 22 from 1-5 pm MT)—A refresher to help practicing physiatrists gain confidence in EDX skills, especially for common diagnoses seen in the outpatient PM&R setting.
Back by Popular Demand! Advanced Clinical Focus Days—We are bringing advanced, targeted content directly to you for full day symposia in the clinical areas that are relevant to you. Choose from these clinical areas: pain and spine, pediatrics, cancer rehabilitation, inpatient rehabilitation, musculoskeletal and neurorehabilitation. All content will be live-streamed..
Unforgettable Experiences—Enjoy our PM&R Party: Boos and Brews Fall Street Festival (additional fees apply). Close out Physiatry Day with a fun night of fall-themed fun and games. Join fellow attendees for a festive night of carnival fun, complete with games, themed food, boo-sy (and non-boo-sy) drinks, and a rockin’ soundtrack that will keep you dancing all night long!
The Learning Center (located in the Exhibit Hall) is your destination for highly interactive, hands-on demonstrations. Leading experts will give you exposure to new technologies available in different clinical areas. It's open throughout the Assembly and is included in your registration.
Hands-on Skills Labs offer a blend of didactic and hands-on learning. Choose from 12 interactive sessions, on topics covering adaptive sports medicine, orthobiologics, spasticity and interventional ultrasound applications. (Additional fees apply).
AAPM&R's Job & Fellowship Fair—The largest PM&R-specific career fair. Interact with representatives from 100+ institutions and practices across the country to learn about their open PM&R opportunities, connect with other job seekers and share advice and stories about what makes PM&R such a great specialty. (Wednesday, October 22 from 5:15-7:30 pm (MT).
PHiT Fest including the ever-popular Pub Trivia, Resident Town Hall and Happy Hour.
Interactive Exhibit Hall featuring the Learning Center/Career Corner, Research Hub and Exhibits—with dedicated morning and lunchtime hours for even more learning, and all-day coffee and snacks in the Cafe. Plus, we will have some great activities including a professional headshot booth, dog park, resident and medical student experiences and a rehabilitation-focused service project.
Virtual Attendance Option
#AAPMR25 is more inclusive than ever with a virtual attendance option so that all physiatrists have the opportunity to take part in physiatry's biggest event of the year.
Our virtual program offers the flexibility to participate from anywhere, anytime. Virtual attendees will enjoy 24/7 access to all the great education that the Assembly is known for—online from their home or office. All sessions will be available on-demand for one year to registered attendees, with the opportunity to earn up to 117 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Your Virtual Experience Includes:
Live-streamed plenary sessions: Join your colleagues in attendance in Salt Lake City during three exciting plenary sessions, including Nadja West, Lieutenant General (ret) and Ryan Holiday, NY Times bestselling author. Plus, your PM&R peers who will be presenting their PhyzTalks on Friday as part of Physiatry Day.
Clinical and practice symposia: Enjoy 90+ symposia, including 36 live-streamed, across various themes so you can customize your educational experience with what's most important to you. All in-person symposia will be recorded and available on-demand after the presentation for up to one year, with the opportunity to earn up to 117 CME.
Back by Popular Demand! Advanced Clinical Focus Days: We are bringing advanced, targeted content directly to you for full day symposia in the clinical areas that are relevant to you. Choose from these clinical areas: pain and spine, pediatrics, cancer rehabilitation, inpatient rehabilitation, musculoskeletal and neurorehabilitation. Can't join us in Salt Lake City; all of this content will be live-streamed.
Research Hub with Poster Wall including pre-recorded presentations
Check Out Who’s Taking the Stage at #AAPMR25
Prepare to be inspired and enlightened by our lineup of esteemed keynote speakers. We are pleased to welcome our incredible plenary speakers joining us in Salt Lake City!
Opening Plenary and Presidential Address | Scott Laker, MD, FAAPMR and Nadja West, Lieutenant General (ret) Thursday, October 23‒11:15 am-12:45 pm (MT)
Rising Beyond Limits: A Journey of Courage, Leadership and Legacy AAPM&R President Dr. Scott Laker will officially launch #AAPMR25 and welcome attendees. Then, we'll hear from a trailblazer in leadership, Lieutenant General (ret) Nadja West is the 44th Army Surgeon General and the former Commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Command (USAMEDCOM). She is the first African American woman 3-star General in the Army’s history, and currently the highest-ranking woman to ever graduate from West Point. West shares her story of grit, perseverance, strength and breaking boundaries, even when faced with adversity. Taking audiences on her journey to becoming the Army’s first African American woman 3-star General, she motivates them to overcome challenges with self-belief, bravery and balance.
57th Walter J. Zeiter Lecture and Awards Presentation and PhyzTalks Friday, October 24‒10:45 am-12 pm (MT)
New for 2025, PhyzTalks moves to Friday as another fun component of Physiatry Day. Hear our PhyzTalks finalists who will share their compelling and inspirational physiatry-focused stories with the PM&R membership community. Immediately following the Academy’s recognition of AAPM&R and the Foundation for PM&R Award winners, our incoming president, John Cianca, MD, FAAPMR, will introduce our 2025 PhyzTalks speakers.
Closing Plenary | Ryan Holiday Saturday, October 25‒1:30-2:45 pm (MT)
Turning Trials Into Triumphs: The Stoic Path to Enduring Success Few writers have done more to bring ancient, timeless wisdom and cutting-edge marketing strategies together than Ryan Holiday. His philosophically driven bestselling books have sold more than 10 million copies and spent more than 200 weeks on bestseller lists. At the core of Ryan’s teachings is Stoicism, popularized through his NY Times best-selling books including Obstacle is the Way, Stillness is the Key, Ego is the Enemy and his latest, book Discipline is Destiny. What is Stoicism? The idea that while we don’t always control what happens to us in life, we always control how we respond. Illustrated vividly with stories from the greats (and not-so-greats) of history, Ryan provides a framework for overcoming obstacles, scaling new challenges and battling both the ups and downs of life.
All plenary sessions will be live-streamed and available to registered attendees for future viewing.
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