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Jeffrey Jenkins, MD, Physical Medicine/Rehab, Charlottesville, VA

Jeffrey Gwin Jenkins MD

Physical Medicine/Rehab•Charlottesville, VA

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

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  • 2280 Ivy Rd Ste G271Charlottesville, VA 22908

  • Phone+1 434-243-5600

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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 previously served 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 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

  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1998 - 2002
  • 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 1999 - 2026
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Electrodiagnostic Medicine
    American Board of Electrodiagnostic MedicineElectrodiagnostic Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014-2025
  • Best Doctors in America Best Doctors, 2015-2023
  • 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

  • Essential Orthopaedics 
    Chapter: Rehabilitation 
    Jenkins JG, Raiser SN, Weppner JL.Editors: Miller MD, Hart, JA, and MacKnight, JM.Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,2019
  • Braddom’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 
    Chapter: Therapeutic Exercise 
    Wilder RP, Jenkins JG, Panchang P, and Statuta S.Editors: Cifu, DX.Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,2015
  • ACSM's Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review 
    Chapter: Nerve Injury. 
    Eby SA, Jenkins JG, and Buchner EEditors: O'Connor FG et al.Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins/American College of Sports Medicine, Philadelphia2013
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Abstracts/Posters

  • 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
  • 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
  • Foot Drop After Rapid Weight Loss: Slimmer’s Palsy, a Case Report.
    Giordano A, Caramore M, Kirkbride J., Jenkins, J., American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Volume 98, Number 3 (Suppl), a50., 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

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