Sara Cuccurullo, M.D.
Residency Training Director

Residents have the opportunity to rotate through all areas of the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) in central New Jersey, including:

• The Center for Head Injuries and its Brain Trauma Unit
• The Cognitive Rehabilitation Department and Extended Recovery Unit
• The Pediatric Rehabilitation Department
• The Subacute Rehabilitation Center
• The inpatient rehabilitation service
• The Acute Care and Outpatient Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy Department
• JFK Medical Center’s cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programs
• The Spasticity Clinic
• The extensive electrodiagnostic service
• The Spinal Cord Injury Clinic
• The Industrial Rehabilitation Program
• The Prosthetics and Orthotics Clinic
• The Wheelchair Clinic
• The Sphenopalantine Clinic
• The Muscular Dystrophy Clinic
• The Wound Care Clinic at SPUH
• The Speech Pathology and Audiology Department
• JRI's Independence Square - a safe, therapeutic area where patients can regain their ability to perform daily living skills

Residents also care for patients within a variety of other on-site and off-site health care settings, including various inpatient and outpatient units at JFK Medical Center; the JFK Hartwyck Nursing, Convalescent and Rehabilitation Centers in Edison, NJ; and Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, NJ. We have a major consult and EMG service in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and St. Peter’s Medical Center in New Brunswick, NJ.

Schedule of Rotations

PGY 2

• Inpatient Brain Injury Unit/Spasticity
• Inpatient Cardiac/Pulmonary Service
• Inpatient Cancer Rehab/General
• Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury/General

PGY 3

• Outpatient/Spasticity
• JFK Consult Service
• EMG
• Pediatrics/Musculoskeletal-Sports Medicine

PGY 4

• Elective
• University Hospital/St. Peter’s Consult Service
• Prosthetics/Orthotics/SAR/Pain Management
• Industrial Medicine/Musculoskeletal/EMG