(University of Rochester Medical Center) – UR Medicine has opened a new state-of-the-art unit that provides comprehensive rehabilitation and support services for patients recovering from strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and other types of acute acquired brain injuries.
The Acute Brain Injury NeuroRehabilitation Unit meets a regional need for these services and is integrated into the hospital’s leading trauma, surgical, and intensive care programs, providing a continuum of care designed to help patients recover function and independence.
“The unit is physically designed to appropriately manage patients with cognitive and behavioral deficits and accounts for the clinical, physical, cognitive, communication, and nutritional conditions necessary to create an optimal environment for the brain to heal,” said Heather Ma, MD, a brain injury rehabilitation medicine specialist and assistant professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. CONTINUE