Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Hospital in New York, United States
Hospital in NY, United States
40°44′35″N 73°58′23″W / 40.742969°N 73.973168°W / 40.742969; -73.973168OrganizationCare systemPrivateFundingNon-profit hospitalTypeSpecialistAffiliated universityNYU School of MedicineNetworkNYU Langone Health SystemServicesBeds174SpecialityRehabilitation medicineHistoryOpened1948 (1948)LinksWebsiterusk.med.nyu.edu
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Rusk Rehabilitation is the world's first[citation needed] and among the largest university-affiliated academic centers devoted entirely to inpatient/outpatient care, research, and training in rehabilitation medicine for both adults and pediatric patients. The system is part of the NYU Langone Medical Center and operated under the auspices of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the New York University School of Medicine. The Rusk Institute is named in honor of its founder, Howard A. Rusk.

The Rusk Institute has been voted the best rehabilitation hospital in New York and among the top ten in the country since 1989, when U.S. News & World Report introduced its annual "Best Hospitals" rankings.

As of 2008[update] Steven Flanagan is the chairman of rehabilitation medicine and medical director of the Rusk Institute.[1]

History

Dr. Howard A. Rusk founded the Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine in 1948. His experience treating wounded soldiers during World War II led him to develop the institute around the philosophy that the patients are to be cared for as an entire person, not only the physical disability or illness. In 1984, the institute was renamed so in his honor.[2]

The institute opened at interim quarters located at 325 East 38th Street on June 17, 1948.[3][4] It remained at that location until January 1951, when its new facility opened at First Avenue and East 34th Street, the first building to be completed in the development of the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center (now the NYU Langone Medical Center).[5][6]

Facilities

Rusk is based out of its wing of the NYU Langone Main Campus, but additionally provides rehabilitation services at three other main locations and nearly a dozen other satellite locations:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Rusk Institute: Steven Flanagan, MD
  2. ^ History
  3. ^ "Interim Quarters Are Opened by Institute For the Rehabilitation of Civilian Disabled". The New York Times. June 18, 1948. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "A Home For Rehabilitation". The New York Times. June 19, 1948. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  5. ^ Brower, Arthur (January 22, 1951). "New Hospital Aids Civilian Disabled". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  6. ^ "Polio Victim Opens Medical Institute". The New York Times. January 25, 1951. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "Rusk Rehabilitation". NYU Hospitals Center. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
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