#1 for 33
Consecutive Years
Providing exceptional care for more stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury patients than anywhere else in the USA.
How Can We Help?
Patients from around the world choose us for acute rehabilitation. Our hospital is designed to treat the whole patient – physically and mentally. See all the Conditions + Services offerings.
What Sets Us Apart?
Choosing the right rehabilitation partner is vital to achieving your best outcome.
Why Choose Us?
Our new research hospital serves our patients in ways that are unprecedented in medicine.
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We treat more patients for stroke, spinal cord injury and brain injury than any other rehabilitation hospital.
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Our patients report better functional improvements for self-care and mobility than the national average.
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Over 50% of our therapists have advanced certifications beyond their Master’s and PhD’s.
Patient Stories
At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, you’ll become part of a thriving medical-research community that will champion and celebrate your successes. We’ll help you achieve your best outcome, faster.
Clinical Trials
Research fuels our passion and informs our patient care. See if you quality for one of our studies.
Accepting Patients
Intuitively-controlled Virtual Reality to Treat Phantom Limb Pain
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of two different forms of virtual reality training as a treatment for phantom limb pain.
Accepting Patients
Learning Robotic Arm Control with a Body-Machine Interface
The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is conducting a research study that will evaluate how people learn to fully control a robotic arm using a body-machine interface.
Accepting Patients
HANDS: A Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Intermittent Hypoxia Therapy in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
A study to investigate the effectiveness of daily acute intermittent hypoxia therapy (dAIH), coupled with a massed practice intervention or the use of high repetition training.
Accepting Patients
Telewellness Program for People with Disabilities: Mindfulness, Exercise, and Nutrition to Optimize Resilience (MENTOR)
Accepting Patients
Intensive Attention Training to Treat Brain Fog in Individuals with Long-COVID
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of an attention training intervention as a potential treatment for brain fog symptoms (forgetfulness, confusion, or lack of focus) experienced by people with Long-Covid.
Nominate An Outstanding Nursing Team Member for National Nurses Week Awards — Deadline April 17
Staff, patients and family members – are there nurses you want to recognize for their commitment to excellence in patient care? Nominate them for Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's National Nurses Week Awards!
view all newsBrandon Taps Inner Viking to Recover from Work-related Brain Injury
Brandon sustained a traumatic brain injury at work, requiring emergency surgery. Transferred to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, his journey to recovery began.
WTTW Profiles Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s “Pioneering” Center for Bionic Medicine
A recent story on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight program highlighted the next generation of bionic limbs being developed at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The story featured Terry Karpowicz, a Chicago sculptor who has used prosthetics since losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident in 1975.