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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Hosts 18th Annual SkyRise Chicago, Tallest Indoor Stair Climb in the US

On Sunday, Nov. 8, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab will host the 18th annual SkyRise Chicago at Willis Tower, culminating at Skydeck Chicago.

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16th floor of Streeterville Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Completes $18M Expansion, Increases Access to Rehabilitation Care

At a special ribbon-cutting ceremony, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab leadership, staff and patients recently celebrated the opening of a newly constructed, state-of-the-art, 41,000-square-foot clinical space on the 16th floor of the Streeterville hospital — an $18 million investment designed to expand patient access to rehabilitation services.

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bionic arm

First U.S. Patient Reaches Major Milestone Toward a Bionic Arm Anchored to Bone, Nerves and Muscles

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, in partnership with Northwestern Medicine, University of Chicago and Integrum, is pioneering a first-of-its-kind clinical study that could redefine the future of upper-limb prosthetics

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Flora Hammond, MD

Pioneering Brain Injury Expert and Leading Voice in Rehabilitation Medicine Named New Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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U.S. News & World Report

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 36th Consecutive Year

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab again has been recognized as the national leader in rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for the 36th consecutive year. It has been ranked the No. 1 rehabilitation hospital annually since 1991 and remains the only hospital of any kind to hold this distinction.

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Cheri Blauwet, MD

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Joins Henry Ford Health to Celebrate Milestone in Detroit Hospital Expansion

Henry Ford Health recently celebrated the “topping out” of Henry Ford Hospital’s new patient tower by placing the final steel beam at the top of the tower currently under construction. This marks a significant milestone in a $2.2 billion expansion plan to reimagine Henry Ford Health’s Detroit campus.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Receives $5 Million Gift From Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab will now offer accessible sailing on Lake Michigan to those with physical impairments.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Chief Operating Officer Speaks about Expansion in Detroit on WJR-AM

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Chief Operating Officer Laura Ferrio recently appeared as a guest on JR Sunday with Mark Hollis on WJR-AM for a conversation about how the rehabilitation hospital’s expansion into Detroit will benefit healthcare in the region.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Henry Ford Health and Gilbert Family Foundation Celebrate Hospital Groundbreaking in Detroit

Henry Ford Health today marked the groundbreaking of its history-making hospital project, a $2.2 billion expansion plan to reimagine Henry Ford Hospital’s Detroit campus. The project is anchored by a new facility that will span 1.2 million square feet and include a 20-story patient tower.

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Nick Gilbert Neurofibromatosis Research Institute

Gilbert Family Foundation Contributes Nearly $375 Million in Partnership with Henry Ford Health to Bring Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to Detroit

The Gilbert Family Foundation (GFF), Henry Ford Health and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab today announced a historic partnership to bring a 72-bed state-of-the-art physical medicine and rehabilitation facility to Detroit.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Pablo Celnik, MD, Appointed to Lead Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as Next CEO

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab announced the appointment of its next leader: Pablo Celnik, MD, a physiatrist, physician-scientist and internationally recognized leader in neurologic rehabilitation and academic medicine.

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Levi Hargrove, PhD

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Receives $8.7 Million NIH Grant for First-of-its-Kind Bionic Arm Osseointegration Study

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab was awarded $8.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance the field of bionics by applying osseointegration in a novel manner. The study has potential to restore sensation for those with upper-limb amputations

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