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Independence Cup & Adaptive Sailing Featured on CBS Chicago

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Dr. Pablo Celnik & John Dunkin Visit With Silver Cross Hospital Alliance Team

Dr. Pablo Celnik & John Dunkin Visit With Silver Cross Hospital Alliance Team

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Pablo Celnik, MD, CEO, and John Dunkin, PT, vice president, strategic alliances, recently visited Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., to meet with hospital leaders and colleagues from the rehabilitation team.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Adaptive Sports Program Featured on WBEZ Chicago

A recent segment on WBEZ-FM, Chicago’s NPR affiliate, highlighted Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s thriving adaptive sports program — Chicago’s most comprehensive, which offers year-round competitive and recreational sports opportunities for youth and adults living with a physical impairment.

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Richard Harvey, MD

Richard Harvey, MD, Reflects on Three-Decade Career at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Richard Harvey, MD, is retiring after more than 30 years with Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. He is the David W. Trott Clinical Chair of The John and Kathy Schreiber Brain Innovation Center at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, as well as the Wesley and Suzanne Dixon Stroke Chair for Stroke Rehabilitation Research.

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Brenna Argall, PhD

New Tech Helps Power Apple Vision Pro Wheelchair-Control Feature

• Brenna Argall, PhD, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University research scientist, develops new accessibility feature that enables users to drive powered wheelchairs with their eyes.

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U.S. Soccer Adaptive Training Camp Medical Support Group

Meet the Clinicians Supporting U.S. Soccer Adaptive Training Camp Athletes

In May, the U.S. Soccer Federation hosted ADAPTandTHRIVE, a training camp for several national adaptive soccer teams — and four Shirley Ryan AbilityLab clinicians served as members of those teams’ medical staffs!

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First-of-Its-Kind Exoskeleton Therapy Could Redefine How Stroke Survivors Relearn to Walk

A first-of-its kind study led by scientists from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University utilized lower-limb exoskeletons to facilitate therapist-patient interaction during functional tasks.

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Wesley

Meet Wesley: ABC 7 Chicago Features Teen Patient Recovering From Spinal Stroke

ABC 7 Chicago recently featured Shirley Ryan AbilityLab patient Wesley F., a 15-year-old who experienced a rare spinal stroke that caused paralysis. The segment highlights Wesley’s determination, the support of his family and community, and the intensive inpatient rehabilitation he is undergoing at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

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Leora

25 Years & Going Strong: Celebrating the Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment

For the past quarter century, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment has been a lifeline. Through clinical treatment, research, extensive programming and outreach, the center has — since day one — focused on creating connection and community among the people it serves.

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Cheri Blauwet

Dr. Cheri Blauwet Featured on Forbes’ “Accessibility 200” List

Forbes magazine honored Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Cheri Blauwet, MD, senior vice president and chief clinical officer, by naming her to its “Accessibility 200” list of 2026.

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Tae Hwan Chung, MD

Tae Hwan Chung, MD, Appointed to Launch POTS and Autonomic Medicine Program

Tae Hwan Chung, MD, one of the world’s foremost experts on POTS and neuromuscular disorders, has been appointed to lead a comprehensive, multidisciplinary POTS and autonomic disorders program at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

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WGN Spotlights Osseointegration Procedure for Patients With Limb Loss

WGN has aired a “Medical Watch” story featuring 60-year-old Chicagoan, Jerry V., whose leg was amputated after an injury when he was 20. For the past 40 years after his limb loss, Jerry used a traditional prosthesis that would suction to his residual limb. However, discomfort caused by the prosthesis limited how often he would wear it — and he often opted to use his wheelchair or crutches instead.

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