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Dr. Joanne Smith Receives Award from Chicago History Museum

Dr. Joanne Smith Receives Award from Chicago History Museum

At the Chicago History Museum's 26th Annual Making History Awards on Oct. 6, Joanne C. Smith, MD, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab president and CEO, was honored with the Enrico Fermi Making History Award for Distinction in Science, Medicine and Technology. This year, the award ceremony was held virtually.

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Allen Washington getting treatment at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

After a Hospital Stay for Covid, Patients May Face Months of Rehabilitation

Allen Washington was an active, busy executive before contracting Covid-19 this summer. After weeks in the hospital, he now faces extensive physical and occupational therapy.

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Nerve Damage Linked to Prone Positioning in COVID-19

Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been associated with lasting nerve damage.

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AbilityLab Receives Center Grant to Test Effectiveness of Home and Community Services

AbilityLab Receives Center Grant to Test Effectiveness of Home and Community Services

A new center grant recently was awarded to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to create a system to evaluate home and community-based services. The grant — with funding of $4.4 million over five years — started on Sep. 1 and is through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Dr. Monica Rho to Receive AAPM&R Award

Dr. Monica Rho Selected for AAPM&R’s PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship

At the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s (AAPM&R) Annual Assembly, Monica Rho, MD, chief, Musculoskeletal Medicine, will receive the prestigious 2020 PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship.

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SCI Group Photo

Spinal Cord Injury Spotlight

Established in September 2014, National Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month raises awareness about SCI, and the need for better treatment and education. At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, this month also gives us an opportunity to reflect on our patients, team and community.
Meet some of our outstanding colleagues and patients as they share their reflections on what this National SCI Month means to them.

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Painting for Art Therapy

Day-in-the-Life with Art Therapist Edie Morris

Art Therapist Edie Morris shows a typical day at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

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Marty Hagan

Undefeated: Marty Hartigan lost his limbs. Then he cheered up his friends.

A year after his near-death experience, Marty Hagan, the former Stanford rugby player is coming to terms with a different life and body.

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Wearable sensor for COVID patients

COVID ventilator patients can have permanent nerve damage

Some COVID patients on ventilators are placed in a prone position to ease breathing, but study shows that this life-saving position can also cause permanent nerve damage.

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Welcome Interns & Residents

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation welcome newest residents, representing the classes of 2023-2024.

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Gordon Quinn

Back to Life After COVID-19 - Gordon Quinn

Gordon Quinn was the first patient to receive therapy and graduate from our COVID Care Unit.

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Don’t Resist Your Resistance Exercise

With many of you spending the majority of time in your homes or apartments, some have become anxious to start or resume resistance exercise. However, it is important to maintain your resistance exercises.

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