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Jeffrey Jenkins, MD, Physical Medicine/Rehab, Charlottesville, VA, University of Virginia Medical Center

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Physical Medicine/Rehab Charlottesville, VA

Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Virginia School of Medicine

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Summary

  • Jeffrey Jenkins, MD, is the program director of the UVA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program and director of the department’s electrodiagnostic laboratory. Dr. Jenkins was elected to the University of Virginia’s Academy of Distinguished Educators in 2006 and was named a UVA School of Medicine GME Master Educator in 2020. He serves as Vice Chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee at UVA and as Chair of the GME Committee for the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM). Dr. Jenkins also served as the PM&R representative to the Organization of Program Directors Associations. He served on the ACGME working group that developed Milestones 2.0, the formal system of resident competency assessment employed by all PM&R residency training programs in the United States. More recently, he has chaired the Association of Academic Physiatrists' Residency and Fellowship Program Directors' Subcouncil charged with improving PM&R graduate medical education, with a special focus on the UME-to-GME transition, including the residency application cycle.

Education & Training

  • Georgetown University School of Medicine
    Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1998
  • Columbia College of Columbia University
    Columbia College of Columbia UniversityB.A., Psychology, 1994

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 1998 - 2024
  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • American Board of Electrodiagnostic MedicineElectrodiagnostic Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Doctors in America Best Doctors, 2015-2024
  • Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014-2024
  • Master Educator University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2020
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • C8 myotome herpes zoster paresis  
    Kreps, C. E., Rynders, S. D., Chhabra, A. B., & Jenkins, J. G., American Journal of Orthopedics, 1/1/2012
  • Acupuncturist perceptions of serving as a clinical trial practitioner  
    Thompson, M. E., Jenkins, J., Smucker, A., Smithwick, S., Groopman, D., & Pastore, L. M., Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 1/1/2012
  • True and sham acupuncture produced similar frequency of ovulation and improved LH to FSH ratios in women with polycystic ovary syndrome  
    Pastore, L. M., Williams, C. D., Jenkins, J., & Patrie, J. T, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1/1/2011
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Median Neuropathy Refractory to Carpal Tunnel Release: A Case Report of Pronator Teres Syndrome.
    Tu, J., Jenkins, J., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly, 11/2020
  • Slimmer's Palsy in a Patient with Gastric High-Grade B Cell Lymphoma and Significant Weight Loss
    Tu, J., Giordano, A., Jenkins, J., Kelleher, N., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly, 11/2020
  • Severe Plexopathy of the Left Upper Extremity Following Herpes Zoster Infection: A Case Report.
    Anastasio, N., Jenkins, J, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3/2019
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Authored Content

  • Improving the Assessment of Resident Competency: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Milestones 2.0February 2021

Committees

  • Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee, University of Virginia 2017 - Present
  • Chair, Education Subcommittee, UVA Health System Graduate Medical Education Committee 2014 - 2017

Hospital Affiliations